Hi there,
Subdreamer CMS has an
article system but it does not interact with the forum.
Our forum integration specific features are listed on our website.
http://www.subdreamer.com/features/forum-integration.html
SDCMS is an unobtrusive solution for integrating with several popular forums so there are limitations on interactivity between forum and SDCMS. The main advantage is a reliable single login for both forum and content management system. When you integrate SDCMS with XenForo, it basically turns off the SDCMS user system and uses the XenForo user database instead. We also offer a latest posts plugin, forum stats, users online and top posters plugin for use on the Subdreamer side... which pulls the data from your forum.
Matching the overall design of the site with your forum can be accomplished several ways.
1. Skin your forum to match your Subdreamer design.
http://subdreamer.org/ as an example, (uses vb) just adds a basic header/footer to the forum template.
You could include a full header or slimmed down header depending on your design.
2. Skin Subdreamer to match your forum. Some people would take a nice XenForo design and create a Subdreamer skin to mirror the appearance of the forum. (see old vb example:
http://hockey5.com)