Hi Michael, it's something i've wanted to do for ages but with this design it hasn't really been easy! I've been considering a redesign for a while but everytime I say that people are like "NO!" because they love this one so much, if Tarun wasn't such an ass it would be easy

So i'm going to think long and hard about what to do.....I definitly agree with you and have wanted to create a portal like page for a while, with articles/highlighted discussions and other static pages. It would work wonders not just for drawing more people in but for building quality content and expanding into more of a resource site.