The new layout is really cool, shows a lot of what's available on the site
Could still use a couple of tweaks to make it perfect
My idea/s are as follows
Refresh buttons on the 'latest article', latest forum thread & channel boxes, taking away the need to refresh the whole page to see the latest posts
The red areas are how the channel box could be expanded slightly
The orange indicates where scroll bars could be
Also having the option to hide the bar at the top, with a button similar to the overlay option
These are just my opinions on how to make the site better, I know it's highly unlikely that they'll be used haha
But it's almost there, just a few more tweaks & the site will be perfect