SEO'ing a forum?

What are you guys experiences with SEO'ing a forum?

I have been working really hard on my AdminMania site to try and make it as best it can be for search engines to get the content and list it. I have installed the phpBB SEO mod which makes the URLS in a much better format as the example below...

http://adminmania.com/manage-your-forum/how-to-start-up-a-new-community-t22.html

Code (markup):

I also have added keyword and description meta tags with decent data.

And on the footer I have

Think I'm on the right track? Any more suggestions would be awesome!

 

thare are tons of mods available, however i would suggest mybb instead of phbb

 

in phpbb is not much to do whit seo.You can change urls, titles, metas and thats is propably all.Now onli make backlins to your site

 

Mainly depends on the content on the sites..

 

If I was seoing a forum, I'd take a close look at what they're doing here.

 

Have u done some keyword research Of exactly what u are trying to rank for ? that will be great.
Check what your competition sites are optimized for, that will make the seo stuff easy.

 

you have to make great posts with good keywords and then you'll succeed

 

for vbulleting u can use vbseo which supposedly helps