It was the later lol. I made it as I wanted a forum lol. I have no need to be a admin, I have made forums before that have died/been inactive. I would rather be a amember of a active community than be a admin of a dead one.
Thanks for advertising the forum, I only just noticed xD.
I designed it using a program called Microsoft Expression Web, with a layout and everything. It took a few months to put together the current design, and over a couple years to get all the content together.