Help on Minecraft!

=================Hi Guys===================
Anyways so I'm kinda new to Minecraft so i got a couple of questions
Firstly,

1. How do i get a decent client from? i'm currently using Team extreme minecraft 1.4.7 client i really don't think it's the best
2. Best mods =D
3. How do i get a skin on cracked clients i had a problem with this
4. OK i tried to use minecrack to get a skin but couldn't try to install and uninstall the game many time but either i don't get the skin or i got a black screen BTW i deleted META-INF
5. Best servers
6. Any extras that i need to know since i'm new plz tell me them

Secondly, How do i make a fully working server with votifier and stuff like that

OK, if this is not the right place for this thread plz reassign it to it forum

Sorry if I sound Noob BTW

I'll be thankful for answering this questions