... bumping the thread will not make it answered faster... if nobody answer is maybe because nobody have the answers, or haven't read it yet, like me...

there is a lot of possibilities withing the core system or Articles, but there is none yet, as John didn't focussed on that lately.

ok, here are the answers:

1- a new image display for your articles page is possible, a simple script that browse the attachements related to these articles can be simple to do, no need to create a complete system for that.

2- if you use the vBadvanced CMPS portal, you already have some blocks related to Articles there.. adding the content of the articles to your front page means you retreive the database information, this is simple if you wish to have it in a different external page.

3- there is no template related to attachements images.. the setting is related to your board setting itself... the bigger you set the attachement thumbnail size, the biger it will display (new ones) on your articles page.