Another suggestion I'd make, is to make a focus group. Recruit specific amount of people from the community for the next step of enhancing the current look. You need to find what the community likes and dislikes, before making any branding changes. That way you can fine tune it before finally...
I was in a hurry when I posted my thoughts earlier. To correct a sentence on there.
"I would eliminate the navigation of the user control pannel in the mid top (one with the pms and so on )
If left there, the login could be better positioned at the top with a black bar. Or be left on there...
The navigation could be a little more organized. Too many links scrambled around, giving the user a bit of a shock with how much there is to click around. If you were to implement the same "submenu" technique on the side menu it would clean up the page a bit. The fact that the account menu is...