Id go 3 if i had the choose, although not sure running it on vBulletin is a good idea Personally i think you should use the colours and ideas in your current design and improve on the design that way. If you totally redesign then people need to start remembering your directory all over again...
The new design is now LIVE! I know it's not the best design,but it's a unique design, at least. I'll be keeping this design for a month or two,will change it when I get a new template. Feel free to submit your sites,guys. Thank you!
Richie. It is the best of the 3 options you provided. If it is unique as you said, then I think you have made the right decision
Update: I released the 2nd and 3rd templates for free... here and here. Just thought some of you may want to use them. And a new template for Lively Directory will be up in 3 days or so.
I like A it looks really nice, I like dark colours so that one suits me, however most people would go for C I think, because of the nice light colours it has. Good Luck choosing for your new directory!
Update: The new design is up in http://www.livelydirectory.com/ And the deep link mod was upgraded to 5/10 Prices are the same as before. Purchased a non-linking back version of phpld. Now submit your links before the prices go up!
Before reading the thread, I voted for C also. It looks likes others agreed. B's header is too large.
Yup and I didn't use any of them. Used another one which I acquired recently. Looks like you didn't reply the pm i sent you in phpld forum,so I purchased another license.