After hearing back from Jordan and Brian, it looks like we may be stuck with this format for a while. vBulletin has upgraded their software and will no longer be developing any changes for the old system and will also phase out support on that version. With that in mind, we decided the Christmas break would be a good time for Jordan to switch us over to the "new, improved version", not realizing the full scope of the changes vBulletin has made and that they had not made any provisions for allowing customization of the design as they had in the past. We have been able to make a few changes but unfortunately, the old styles cannot just be moved over to the new software and it would require many man hours and expense to develop new ones that will work with this version. For now, the Welcome mat and Thanks buttons cannot be used but Jordan hasn't yet given up that those can be reinstated.

We're sorry for the inconvenience and acknowledge it may take many of us (myself included) a while to get used to how things are organized and the aesthetics (or lack thereof IMO) of this new software but in the meantime, thank you for your patience.