Hi giggles,
I will go thru my stuff and email you links to some sites that helped me to learn it.
Here are a couple links to get you started until I can sort thru my other information:
SEO tutorial – http://www.increaseranking.com/seotutorial.html
Webmaster forum – http://www.webmasterworld.com/home.htm
It’s good that you have time on your hands because it took me a awhile to read and understand how it all works. If you need help then just email me your questions and I’ll do my best to help ya.
BTW do you have a domain for a portal? I don’t think ezboard is very SEO friendly and you are limited to what you can control. If not then get one asap and have it ready to do SEO on it once you learn how to do it.