[alexv1n]

Originally Posted by Jaxx

Check http://www.vbadvanced.com

Its what I use along with many others.

As I said, I have already looked at vBadvanced. Unless I missed something, it is more of a front page that pulls data from forums and other modules together, rather than a CMS which would allow me to create product pages, various articles, etc. Am I wrong with my assumption here? (I hope I am).

Also, from your experience, what add-ons could help me solve my other problems (product directory with descriptions, prices, download managers, etc)?

In some sense, I would like the site to behave like, well, let's see..., this one: http://www.bazon.net/mishoo/

That is, the articles look like separate pages rather than posts in a forum, yet people can add comments to articles, and the articles are searchable. Of course it is important to have article index and even it would be nice to have news/upadates with RSS feeds and stuff, but all this advanced stuff can be added as a custom mod, I suppose. I just wanted basic framework to be in place to start with.