Being a Good Site Admin?

[MasterZuFu]

Well, it's become blatantly obvious to me that I'm not the best in the world at being a forum administrator/system administrator. So, I would like to ask those who probably know best.

I know I need to understand MyBB software better. So, I bought the following books and I'll be going over them in this extended vacation I'm about to take:

PHP and MySQL Web Developement
Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional
PHP for the Web: Visual Quickstart Guide


Next, I know I need to understand apache better, so I got this book:

Hardening Apache

Next, I know I need to know how my server is going to be attacked and the methods it's going to be attacked, so, I might as well get the cert and followup on it:

Certified Ethical Hacker: Study Guide

Finally, I need to know my server even better, specifically THIS particular server. So I got:

Hardening Linux
Linux Server Security


I figure that's what I need to be a good sys admin, but, what about just being a good forum administrator? Please, serious comments only.

-ZuFu