Here's What I Want -- Need Help Implementing

[AviationForum]

Okay, so I've drafted (on paper) some layout ideas for the next version of my web site and I've come up with something I'd like to implement. I'm going to need your help, though.

Essentially, when people come to my domain, AviationForum.org, I want them to see the forumhome in the middle and some dynamic sideblocks, similar to the side blocks found in portal software (I was hoping to base my design around vBindex). Not news in the middle. I have little reason to devote the majority of my home page to site news. It would be perfect, however, if I could replace that with the forumhome.

Ideally, I would have the forumhome sandwiched by a welcome block, who's online, a site nav (menu) block, a latest threads block, a shoutbox, a poll, another block I will design and implement for a "featured image," and a sponsors block.

I could easily construct this block system via vBindex or any of the portal systems, but I couldn't get the forums in the center like I want without help. How would I go about doing this? Ideally, I'd like the blocks to travel with users throughout all of the forums so that, for example, the shoutbox would always be available for a shout no matter where they were. I'm more flexible on this option, however.

I'm no ludite, but I've seen a lot of short, techy responses on the forums. If someone could provide me with a more fleshed out, easy to understand explanation for how this would now be implemented, how it might be implemented in the future, and what problems it might present, I would be very appreciative.