making private forums and having links ?'s

[joedaddy]

hey all, I have to questions to ask you guys.

1. How do I make a private forum?
a. Only people approved by the moderator of them forum should
be able to approve people to access it.


2. How do I make a one of the links in the front page a link to
a HTML page that I'll make?
a. Like let's say you if you had section called "pictures" it would
take you to HTML page with pictures instead of a forum.

my web site is www.AnteaterForum.com

if you visit there, you can see a section called "Enter Private Forums"
I want to be able to click on that and get a list of private forums.
And if you are NOT approved by a mod of those private forums
listed, you won't be able to go on....that's what i want in part 1

in part 2, Let's say I clicked on "Driver Hangout", instead of going
to a forum where people can post, it goes to a web site, let's
say "www.motortrend.com".

If someone could give me some guidance, it would be appreciated.