You all know that the look and feel of the forums has been annoying me for an awfully long time; how they didn't provide a link back to the main site, how they looked kind of cheap.. things like that.
I'd been considering moving over to a different software with integrated forum support (Drupal), but that seemed like too much ongoing hard work. And I've looked at a number of different Wordpress-integrated forums, but they were all either ugly or slow.
So in the end, I bit the bullet and spent far too many hours today learning CSS and brushing up my HTML skills by working on the existing bbpress-based forums, and I think I've managed a pretty big improvement. The look is tied in much more closely to the main site now, complete with links back. It's close enough that I suspect most casual visitors wouldn't even realised they've switched into an entirely different website software when they visit the forums.
If you notice anything that looks weird and/or incorrect, please let me know so that I can sort it out. But I'm generally pleased, at the moment. :)