The theme you should see, as the site currently looks, should be the final theme tried!

I should explain...

SMF, that's the software that runs this forum, has a theme system and a plugin system. The default theme kind of sucks and I am just not skilled enough to modify it. I don't have the required skills, nor do I feel compelled to learn them. 'Snot what I enjoy doing.

The thing is, the plugin system uses a fancy 'find/replace' mechanism. That's handy, but many themes deviate so far from the core/default theme that they simply don't have the text to find/replace with. So, getting the plugins to work is a herculean task and one I'm absolutely unwilling to do.

I pretty much tried dozens of themes. You may have seen them. As it is, this needs more customization, but it's progressing nicely. The damned image up there at the top needs to be shrunk by like 8 to 10 pixels. I will eventually get there, but it's now time to extend the functionality and check stability. Then I can worry about cosmetic issues.

Wow... That was a pain in the ass. I so hope I'm right and that this theme is the one that'll work for us. If not, I'm gonna be grumpy as all hell - or just not add features that I'd have added.

I need to go back and change group member colors. I'll get there.