site change?
 

what about putting up a last 5 or 10 commented topics towards the top of the board ... a lot of forums do that ...

like the new post button?

I know what you are talking about and will check it out.

exactly but it's scaled down and its like a header or something ...

Right.

what about a media area? instead everything is being posted in the lounge .. that's where we can post pictures from the internet or our trucks .. just an idea most forums have one