The first one:
Ok, I know Marc we have talked about the forum being sized for bigger screens, but on my other computer, desktop that has a larger screen 17' to be exact verses 15', the index page, the welcome page is off the scale. It appears that even though their is a bigger screen, the forum is not adjusting to the size of the monitor. My buddy who has a 55' who uses his TV as a monitor has the same issue. It might be a resolution issue but mine is 1024 x 768 and I haven't had any issues with other sites that have what you have on the welcome page. The rest of the forum looks great! I just wanted to bring this up.
Second one:
If anyone is running high security level anti virus, firewall, etc. will not be able to access this forum as it appears to the program as a fishing website, meaning if those you who don't know, getting information from you like spy ware address, email address, etc. So if your friends are having issues accessing this site tell them to add the site as approved under their settings and they won't have any more issues. My laptop isn't having this issue but my desktop is. Now if you think there are problems with my desktop because I keep mentioning it and it seems that it is a reoccurring word. You are wrong. LOL
So if you have friends who are having issues just do what I said and you'll be ok.
Third, and last:
The banners above cover one of your links to the right.
Just trying to help. Well happy posting folks!