Fucking cool!
I like the work you've done here. It's not quite better than Nabble's interface, but it can be. I think you and your brother should also pull a Nabble and do free hosting with adds or even pay modes. If you can code Nabble, you can even solicite other forums and transplant them over here if the forum owners get turned on by what you have to offer them.
i don't pray to the god of advertisement.
i am loyal to the god of networking. you are all my friends, and the owner of this forum who is an avid blogger gets to see some of our work. i am confident that in the end, the network and friends we make from this will make it all worth it :)
it only takes 1 person to come along and say great forum, please make my website! and boom this website pays for itself hehe
i'm sure if we find in teh future that a website of ours needs a forum we will use this as a template, but the design will be completely redone. we prefer our portfolio to look diverse since that's all clients care about.
about leaving this one as is... i plan to make a LOT of improvements to this forum! just wait and see!! if i have any say in the matter, this will become one of the best and most innovative forums on the web :)