Sorry for the delay, I got another php error, so I gave up with upgrading to 2.0. I cleaned the forum from spam, assigned moderators, and it is all working with 1.1.21. It is not a super popular forum, for a local residential community of about 6000. I also have a forest theme and a couple of packages installed, that would probably not be available on the 2.0 forum.
One question though, where could I insert the social media share buttons ( I have the code) so that they appear within each new post? Would it be inside Post.php, and if so, what's the line that I am looking for? I realize it's a hack, but since I will not be upgrading the forum this will suffice. Thanks for all your help.