Not that difficult to know "hosting" to be honest, It's not that hard to login to cPanel choose an installer and bam you have a website. And I agree I don't like ZB either.
Congrats! Not a Zeta fan but thats my taste in things. 🙂 And guys not smart to tell someone something like Raymond did above I mean I didnt know ANYTHING about that stuff. Its not easy to learn.
can I just - yeah. This is encouragement, but when I picked up my VPS for the first time and read a guide on how to install phpBB I was sorted. Make a database, upload files and follow installation steps. Not too hard.
Zetaboards isn't BAD, but custom hosted alternatives tend to be... more customizable 😉