Custom Pages _ Questions from a nub.

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I found the manual too light, I read it all and I have additional questions. My site is located at http://www.seattlednb.com

I would like to use this portal to integrate features into my site.

%) I would like to integrate a news column into the middle column of index.php. I see news.php in the Edit Modules section, but I don't understand how to add news events. Also, I dont want to display threads on the main page, thats what the forum pages are for.


#) Custom pages for Djs. This would require one page to show all the links to the sub-pages, and all the sub-pages for the individual djs. Basically, I'm wondering how to create .php files that will display in the middle of the page, with the portal content around the sides.

I'm also wondering if it might be possible to use movable type (which can output plain text to a .php file) and somehow put the content into a middle column.

Basically, I'm down with rtfm'ing. But the manual is way too brief. I need a lot more information on customizing this thing.