I know this is probably something considered previously, but common blocks of code/templates (like who's online, staff online) could be a widget that you are able to freely display in a place of your choice.
We have no idea of the template managing at the minute, so forgive me for just throwing this out there, but I think having widgets for our code that we can choose where to display.. like "in sidebar", "below forums", "above forums", helps for the less-experienced users to at least add some uniqueness to their forum.
We have no idea of the template managing at the minute, so forgive me for just throwing this out there, but I think having widgets for our code that we can choose where to display.. like "in sidebar", "below forums", "above forums", helps for the less-experienced users to at least add some uniqueness to their forum.