Hi Marco and DSDL,

Thanks for the explination - I suspected it would be by design rather than oversight but wondered if it is putting off users - you say you want to grow the membership and I was simply offering my experience as a casual user of the site - if your target audience is dedicated users who are looking at it as a resource and thus willing to "learn" their way around then perhaps you are right to keep it as it is.

BTW I wasn't suggesting you only had one room but rather you reduced and categorised into areas that were more frequently used.

I think it will put off some users but you seem to believe it is part of what defines the AOS forum so no worries

I find it distracting and difficult to find my way around so will either get the hang of it or drift back to PFM, Wigwam WAD etc.

thought it was worth a mention but it seems you have fairly fixed views of how this place should look so no worries

final point (for me) is the LOGO is quite big which I suspect also contributes to difficulty in navigating round the site (for me at least) - perhaps its just me though....

rgds
darren