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: My index page was a prettified cut and paste of the directory
: listing.

Seems you're talking about your homepage, not about a forums message index page?

: Anything slicker that can be done?
: I realise a news style site can be created using quickinfo.

Of course your homepage is independent from the forums and of course you can use quickinfo calls there - or on any other page on the internet. Details on quickinfo:
http://tetrabb.com/documentation/WebBBS/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=28

In case you don't like online documentation:
http://tetrabb.com/documentation/books/Tetra-WebBBS-61.shtml

Rainer