Could someone take the time to redo the CSS for the side panel? With the new look/feel of the forums the navigation panel is very difficult to adjust to. In the long run, since you're on some modern forum code, it might even be better to just have a single 'forums' page like most forums do. It's different than what we're used to around here, but it's pretty common every else.
Anyways, I like the new digs, thanks for all the work that went into making it happen.