Say $query_type holds one of these values (price, berth,new_or_used), and $search_string contains the search text.

It would be something along the line of:

SELECT * FROM [table name] WHERE...

It sounds like you are looking for a programmer who can take payments later when the site is profitable?

How soon do you expect the site will be profitable?

Are you referring to constructing the SQL query string based on user's selection of which field you want to search in?

The problem with phpBB is that it's so popular that it draws a lot of interest from hackers.

I've used PHPForumScript (http://www.phpforumscript.com) - it's quite good, but lacks the PM feature...

You need to get your own domain (around $8/year) - I'd get them at http://www.wholesalerdomains.com

Then you need to set up a forum script, some good ones are:

http://www.vbulletin.com...