Stupid Noob Question

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Heya all,

I just got vBulletin and I have the forum itself set up and I understand how to change options, etc. My question is where do I go to learn how to create a full webpage around it. I design my own html pages anyways, but before I start digging around I was wondering if there was a good beginning source to make my CS Clan website totally intertwined with the forum. I have seen some awesome displays but I just dont know where to start my looking and when I asked some of those websites where I might find some good beginning sources they just called me a noob and ignored me. So I figured I should go here.

I have looked at the resources at vBulletin.com itself but I still find myself a little confused on if I am looking for a hack or a template. any input would be appreciated.