How does macrumors.com do this?

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Originally Posted by barnettgs

But not quite! Can it be obtained anywhere on internet or is that a wishful thinking?

Not that exact script. There may be similar scripts around. see http://www.vbadvanced.com/

Originally Posted by superguy

It isn't a custom script. The URL of the article and the comments page (forums) are different. The homepage is just made to look like the forum. The staff can just copy+paste into the forum, what they did on the site.

So you think the front page is a static .html file that the staff edits by hand and then copies and pastes into the forum? And also updates the comment count regularly so it has an up to date count?

It's a CMS script that integrates into vbulletin.