Index Additions - Homepage Display

[Mr-Moo]

Hello Everyone,

I am far from a developer, but I understand the full aspects of programming and can work around php coding very well (just not from scratch).

I currently have the mod "vbnow" which is very similar to Twitter. I am attempting to add a simple array to display the updates on the homepage of the forum.

-I have attempted to pull the template information out and add it into Forumhome and that does not work, the code doesn't display any information.
-I have edited the XML document to reflect changes and alterations with no success.
-Added all the VBNOW.PHP file information to the Index.php still with no data populating.
-Copied style over with merged index.php/vbnow.php file and when I copied the style over it removed the entire forum and only displayed the VBNOW.php information which seemed to supersede the main code.

I am at a loss of how to proceed. Would someone please break down the process of how I can merge a modification within the homepage to display?

Links:
Forum Home - http://www.exomagic.com/forum
VBNOW - http://www.exomagic.com/forum/vbnow.php

Your help is greatly appreciated,
Thank you!