burninginfo

Wow. Looks very hard but it looks like after these steps are done I think it should be done! Thanks, I will keep you guys posted.

Would this be considered a Content Management System?

Im still researching. I don't even know what I would be dealing with. I know that somehow I need to point MYSQL to my homepage which is simple html and I will need a fancy php code linking it to the forum topic, I just don't know how this is going to turn out

I am a novice when it comes to mysql and php, so I understand the theories I just do not know how to do it.

Is this is a very common request? Any kind of tutorial you know of that I could look into?

Yes I have access to the database as well as the server.

I am very inexperienced with PHP, the guys who usually help me with stuff aren't able to help me with this one though. My website is http://www.burninginfo.com (i am posting the link so people can better understand the question). At the bottom of the homepage you will see what looks like a portal, but it is just an image created to look like a portal to my forum. All of the portals I came across only work inside the PHP forums (or so it seems), and what I need is a portal that is referenced with the most recent topics in my forum (and possibly the most popular topics as well). http://www.crackberry.com looks like they have on in the top right corner of the page. What I am looking for is a portal (or cms portal, whatever you would call it) that looks like the image I created, but functions like an RSS feed.