I think for the archive we might have to do something along the lines of adding another tab that works off the basic news script, and is editable in order to do that. Not sure, will check.
For the forum, that's pretty easy. I can make an icon for a site donor who also uses the forum, where it shows the member title (i.e. member, jr. member, admin etc.) and add that to the profile options, and create a group that will call that graphic up for that user.
Of course, the forum option will have to wait for a bit, as I'm the middle of resetting up my computer (got a newer system and have to reinstall everything) and since I'm doing that during what is my work week, it's going to take several days more than likely.