confused(but ive made it this far)

[sh0rtlife]

after fighting all day ive managed to get a working functioning server and able to join it and others without a single question...yes im a noob(for now as i catch on fast)...
im a tad confused on how/why i have no items/npcs...im shure i need to patch/replace something (yes ive searched the forums repeatedly) but at this point and 8+ hours and only a 100% empty server to show for it i ask for a point in the right direction...idealy im looking for the closest thing to a "STOCK" live server as far as items/npc's are concerned

pretty shure i have to replace db.sql but thats as far as my brain is going atm