AF is run on software called V-Bulliten. theres a link somewhere on the page to the VBbulliten site.
Its all based on php code, which is where I get lost, and have no idea how it works. All I do know is becasue its developed by a company and sold there are things developed for it that are hard to program in with HTML. (i.e there prepragemed when you but the software, but you would have to do it your self if you used HTML)
Eric deserves a lot of respect and compliments for what he's done with his bourd. AF is on a dedicated server with unlimted bandwidth (or so Iv been told) and so should be very stable, while erics bourd is on a public server with lots of other people trying to get into other forums, which can limit bandwidth.
Its a great little forum, I just wish he would move it in here to replace this one.