What to look for?

[Evoir]

I am a project manager, not a coder. I have a client who has an existing vB I think running some version of 3.7 they like it very well, but they'd like to change it up a bit. The'd like a new front page, that pulls the last image from certain pre selected forums. I'm attaching a wireframe of what they are hoping for from the new homepage.

In addition, they'd like to have some links to the most recent, most replies, etc on a new right hand column that universally wraps around the pages.

I'm wondering, are these just hacks, or is there a package that someone has created that I should check out. I can't figure out what it would be called....

Thanks in advance!

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Wait. forgot to attach image. Hang on... its coming