I'm going to go through and make it as close as possible to the old forum in look and function -- to take the edge off.
Honestly I am use to it now.... If you went back to the old site in about 6 months I'd love to see my reaction to going back!
That is because this is the default template (and color scheme) that comes with the software. I may change it in the near future to match the new personals software that's coming.
I thought it might be something like that. Default template. What might be the next color scheme? That's mostly the part that changes isn't it? Everything else will mostly be the same layout?
The colors can be changed or a new template (or third party template) can be installed that will change a lot of graphics as well. The reason many sites stick with the default is because most add-on modules and upgrades are built for the default template. I'm not sure what color scheme will be chosen yet.