JJ,
Glad I could offer help. The forums are watched by a lot of folks, but if you look closely, there's a much smaller subset of folks that participate. This has always been the case, not only on this forum, but on many public tech forums. For my part, I mainly watch for points dealing with syndication, as that's my particular pet focus. Others have their own, so many times a thread will go unanswered for a bit, until someone can get to it. As you said, it's hard to manage support here with my responsibilities for my consulting work, and my 'day' gig, though I try.
As for being worried that any question would make you look 'stupid', don't worry about that either. If it can be done wrong, I've done it, but I think that's why I've learned so much in the end. All of us start a newbies, there's no shame in it. Learning DNN's framework is a huge undertaking, but most folks here, gladly assist.
Cheers