Please see the attached picture. What I'd like to do is remove the stuff highlighted in red, and collapse that area so the forums start straight away under the shoutbox. Is this possible, or do I need to be a skinning expert to achieve this?
I don't think it would be that hard to do with access to the templates. But, you are too arrogant for me to help.
(Just kidding)
Seriously, this is a matter of finding which template it's in, saving the entire template to your desktop to a text file so you can easily revert changes, then experimenting. It's a good way to learn code.