Honestly, as cool as the whole unified board is, I'd ditch keeping the whole site the way it is in favour of a more traditional website.
The main page is a bit busy as it is and honestly I don't use it much. I think keeping to the forum look and feel will hold you back in some ways. And if it hurts search optimization that is all the more reason to ditch it - you've got a really good BRP site going and stupid Google should be made to recognise that fact that is one of, if not the, premiere BRP web site on the web.
Though on the forum side you really should get some more smilies when you get a chance. There is a great one out there of a person actually flogging a dead horse I could have used once or twice...
(heck you don't even even have an evil smilie
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