The forum colors are pretty nice, for the ad on top, why not blend it in w/ a text only ad so the images won't be so distracting?
Yes use larger fonts, google might penalize you, as the bots might think that you are trying to hide content. Also use green buttons enstead of grey buttns next to your forum sections. The navigation is very fine!
Couple of good thinks about the forum and also may be it needs a few changes here and there :- 1> Firstly, great domain name 2> As most of them have mentioned already, the fonts are really small. Increase them. Reading them hurts my beautiful eyes 3> The ad on top stands out a bit ( DP style ), why not blend it. Try both the combinations and see which one works the best using channels Other than that I guess everything else looks pretty much decent All Success, ~G
it's a template...i've seen it on a couple of other sites... it's actually one of my favs...i like it a lot, though i think you should center those ads in the left column