Since you don't have a suggestions board, i'm going to post this here.  I have been getting complaints from my users that the forum isn't user-friendly enough.  I think that this board (on the user end) should be created for dummys.  u know?  so that the youngest child can use it.  Some of the buttons you have such as "post new thread" can be confusing... because what the heck is a thread??? lol  I know that I can change the graphics, & stuff... but i'm not experanced enough to change the layout, etc...  I think in the final release, everything should be simplafied.

From my opinion, this forum has lots of features and it supports multiple message boards. Hence the interface may not be as simplified as other types of message boards.

Perhaps the button images description could be more layman. Yes, I agree that "POST NEW MESSAGE" would be clearer to the general netizens!