Wow, kurtbarker you single handedly pointed out all the bugs in my forum, hehe.
Yeah, I understand what you mean by the welcome header. I'm in the process of installing the welcome headers hack which should help make it cleaner and simpler.
I really appreciate that you are reviewing more than the style, so yeah, don't get me wrong, every little bit helps. I need to fix up the guest permissions - I figured the journals were like blogs, so they should be available to the public (users can specify private posts for members only).
As for the member list and calendar, I shall definitely be playing with the permissions.
As for the design, I find orange to be a little loud, so I tried to use it subtley, where it would compliment the light blue/white of the site.
Once again, thanks for the replies, I really appreciate anything I can do to make my forum better.
As for the light green, hard to see, but it's my favourite color, so perhaps I'll just bold my name
EDIT: Permissions changed - thanks again for the advice.
Any other thoughts on design/forum appreciated.