I have restored my database back up through php myadmin, everything went fine, even i browsed the content of the users etc in phpmy admin. It shows there but forum is still empty
Run the recounts in Tools & Maintenance from the ACP.
Check ./inc/config.php has the correct database details.
Yup, some have the database is merged. But still i have alignment & theme issues. I have chmod the cache files & directories already.
Can you be more specific? I don't see any alignment and/or theme issues