We'd love you to become a member, and you will need to register as a start. The forum is not linked directly to Bitcoin Talk, so you can use whatever name you prefer. It might be as well to let me know the name you are using, as all of these forums are getting hit by spammers' registrations.
For some reason, I wasn't the full shilling today, and I haven't done anything to build the board strucure. I haven't looked at the plugins or any other customising either. I'll create a Meta board, and perhaps you guys can make some suggestins as to what you would like to see there, or what you want.