Some examples:
PhotoPostDev ExtremeFitness
and more cutomer sites in our
Sites In Action section.
I'm not sure what you mean "actual
vB posts" - they can be counted towards a users post count if that is what you are asking.
You can add a link to the navbar yourself and you can add the categories and/or feature boxes to your Main index page -
PhotoPostDev is an example using the Featured Photos box and a compact category listbox on the right (you can also have the categories appear as forums just like the forums list).