I was thinking there must be more to it than just that, I was meaning I have done nothing else  period .

Hi ehpsaws,

The forum is live and does display at the url you provided. If you want to have more categories and boards, you would go into your admin area on the forum and select "Boards" option there and add them.

At this point, people can sign up to your forum, so once you have the boards setup, simply put the site name into your signature on here and other places where you post (if they allow you to link to your site on other forums where you belong) and then you can spread the word about your forum that way.