I need to get my new site www.theforumcity.com out there and get people to register and post!

I always wonder how new sites get started!!!

Why dont you opt for Search Engine Optimization.
That will definetely give a boost to your traffic.
The advantage of SEO is that you will recieve targetted visitors (as in people who are looking out for your type os a service on the internet)
Please feel free to ask me for assistance on this regards

How do I do what you say?

Learn how to do it yourself (that takes a lot of time, research, and hardwork). If that's what you want to do then you need to visit forums like this one and absorb from other people's knowledge.

or,

You can pay a professional to help you. Send me a private message if you're interested.

Hugo

I got no money

In that case, you need to start familiarizing yourself with the different threads in this forum and you need to start asking specific questions.

I'll give you a starter project:

Find out what the google toolbar is and what Page Rank means.

Find out what a robot/spider is

Find out the difference between a search engine and a directory

Good luck!

Hugo

I know what all those are - my student forums site is rank 3, and my theforumcity site is still rank 0 coz its 7 days old!