TOPICS
In vbPortal, I post a new story to go on the front page, I can select a TOPIC for it to be assigned to.
For instance, I run a racing website, so when I post a news story, I can select a particular track for the Topic.
Then in a sideblock, I have a dropdown menu that has all the Topics in it, if I select a particular track from the Topic, it will load a page with all the news stories on that particular topic (track).
It also assigns an image that goes in the top right corner of the news story, such as the track logo.
You can see my site at
www.stlracing.com and see what I am talking about.