Originally Posted by Justin_Dupre Copy stuff from Yahoo Answers, or get some Indians to do it for you. Cheap service, but it will get the log rolling for you.. Justin

Okay so you think that to get a community active you need to get Indians who copy and paste content from yahoo answers? Idiot.

Anyway, I think you should consider getting a redesign if you have the funds for it, it would make a massive difference, a new visitors first impression of a site is really important. Then maybe get a forum population service for a bit, and heavily promote your site, with the aim of getting enough members to keep the forum going after the forum population service goes. Then you just have to work on keeping them and building on the forum you have.