Sorry, been behind on the board!
Brad, I love that idea!
My suggestion would be that upon entering the 'main forum' arena that you are able to see the activity going on each arean/forum by numerical posts next to each category.
That way us "Helpy-Helpertons" (Jim Carrey hehe) can swoop into the "Help" section if it looks active and try and help if it is needed.
And the same goes of course for the skinning stuff...
Perhaps post a 'rules' link regarding content/conduct for each category so that people don't stray too far from the topic within a topic.
Hmm. I just had an idea...ut oh!
But also...it might be very helpful to keep the site free of 'riff-raff' if there was an 'alert' button of some sort that if so many people (Userlevel 4/Apprentice on up) click it (2?) then the admins will see it when they log-on and can take a looksee? Whatsay?
Frogboy, you have really made this site so much better already and it's great to see your willingness for change!