It has changed a few times this week, just never happy with it. Some professional feedback apprieciated. It started up about a month ago, so i am still learning. www.yourlocaltrades.co.uk/forum Thank you very much.
The logo could be a bit bigger, and you should have a huge bolded red "register now" link to let users find it easier. Other than that the forum looks active and fun. Great job.
The design is simple but I agree with stateeofmind I think your registration link should be more prominent, and I think you should add some type of graphic into the header of the site.