[UberDoober]

I know some people are strongly against dark backgrounds but thank you for saying you liked the colors. You are one of the few. I do have two plain light skins but the colorful notices don't seem to work as well or seem so dramatic on them.

I know the notices are a little big but it is a compromise. I want some of the features of the vBadvanced portal but in general, have my dislikes of the full blown portal implementation. Even though my notices are a manual maintenance process, it gives me a way to present an easy to find what's new/hot feature and rotate in a couple of new graphics every week to catch the eye. It has made me learn to edit html a little bit to do it, which isn't a bad thing.

I'm planning to reduce the height of my top banner to move things up a little. For unregistered guests that get the welcome message, the forum index is still closer than it would be entering the site through a portal. Without the welcome message showing, the height of the notices keeps the start of the index in view and it doesn't seem overly bulky. Some, but like I said, they are a compromise.

Thanks for your comments. I'm not your "bud", but my name is Elisabeth. Hi!