I thought you said you wanted to post a new thread to vB every time you posted an article, which is what the code above does, assuming everything's in the same database. If it's not, let me know and I'll work on it some more.

I sent you (dubucm) back a PM with how to do the invisible forum, but for everyone else following this thread: Just edit your forum, and set "Is active?" to "no". This will make it so (despite the name) it *is* active, however it is not visible from any page except a direct link to it (e.g. http://myforums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=xx).