ok thx for the nice feedback. More to be done.
Somehow I just got motivated to touch this site after a long time (years) of not even looking at it. Glad you guys are still finding it useful.
So I'm keen to do a bit more, mostly to do with sprucing up the sub pages, search form, login/register forms, article pages etc. A lot of the layout is very dated and looks quite clumsy and broken. So I'll aim to get to that in the coming weeks when I get some spare time slots. I'm determined to do it, I want the site looking nicely and finished so it at least looks presentable. I might tidy up the forum/message pages a little too, also think they look very cluttered and bad/old css.
Of course if there is someone who is ultra dedicated and also knows a little web development, then I'm always open to applications/offers from someone who can be the modern day admin for the site. I'd like to see the site always remain as active as possible and useful to you guys.
I might even spruce it up a little with some jquery over the coming weeks just to make the common functions nicer to use etc.