How is this website set up?

[killafawk]

Im building a site with a forum in its domain name and i dont time to really build a site. Plus i really wouldnt have any original content for it anyway so i just want it to be a forum something like this.

Now i think i know how to set it up. ill be using phpbb so instead of installing the forum in a forum folder i would just extract the files straight on to the site it self right? no folder?

and is this site custom made? i know you can download different templates but they usally have something lame like huge wordings that say like. "Lava template! download at blah blah" i tried to take it out but it just messes with the forum allignment so i dont even wanna bother trying to figure it out.

Anyway i dont expect much from free templates anyway so i shouldnt complain. But is there something people look for in forums? I know good templates could be the key to making it look good. rather than just another random forum someone started.

[Submerge]

Yes, you just install the forum in the root directory of your domain. You probably should use a forum skin rather than the default, try to modify it to your liking, it'll give you more experience.

[boron]

A template can make a forum appealing or not, but I really don't know many people who are dedicated to a template...it's a content on the end. Some very famous forums have lousy templates to say at least.