I did it! I upgraded the software for this forum and didn't lose any data!
http://www.torahforum.org goes to the new forum now. It's www.torahforum.org/forum2.
So far, I see that is it much faster, and I don't have certain annoying banner ads any more.
I wonder what else I can make it do ...
Enjoy!
(and invite your friends)
-Kira