Ok, here is another suggestion, how about making a portal/homepage for the forum? I made one for my (dead, un-used) SADX forum. I'll show you how it looks like.

http://f10dx.forumotion.net/portal.htm

So, im just showing how it could look like, and again, i dont know what Gohan thinks about it xD

Yes, I was going to make one too. But if you want one (along with a chatbox), tell me how. I am not the ''best'' person
at macking forums.

It's hard to explain this without seeing it...Basically, enter the Advanced Administrators tab and go into the adding stuff tab. A chatbox and a Portal should be in there...I remember using one for my site.