If your site is just a forum and nothing more, is there a point in having a homepage with a run down of latest / hottest topics? Latest / Hottest topics can be featured on the forum index page just the same, and it's a lot less complicated for the front end user.
If your site is.. an actual website with content, articles, etc. that just so happens to have a forum as well, then I could see a use for a homepage. In that case, I wouldn't use any "portal" system, and I would either tie vBulletin into a cms, or code a custom one.
In the cms case, I would use
Drupal.
08-13-2008, 02:55 PM
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