Questions! Please Help!

[BlueEew]

Hello. I am rather new to running vBulletin. Anyways. I have a couple of questions I would like to ask to the experienced members of this forum. I hope you don't mind answering them for me.

a) What would you recommend I use for creating automatic Back Up. I basically want the Back Ups to be made every X amount of days I choose by it's self.

Concerning the above -

i) If I have a couple of MOD's installed on a forum. When the database is backed up automatically. Are the MOD's also included?

Please explain to me what dose get backed up.

ii) Dose the Back Up progress cause any downtime or dose it take up a lot of bandwidth?

b) I have seen a MOD or something before where it adds an table into a website. You can log in using your forums ID and password and then the forum stats get displayed on the website etc.

If I was logged in, it would say you are logged in there also.

Where can I find this MOD?

c) Are there any MOD's that you would recommend to me to use for any type of forum? Basically MOD's that help all forums in general?

i) Also any good SEO MOD's. I am already planning on using vBSEO when I have the cash. Anything else I may need?

d) Are there any guides that tell and suggest what you change the settings to in the admin panel? Maybe a guide that tells you what not to do?

Sorry about all the questions. I want to achieve as much as possible with my forums.

Thanks,
BlueEew.