[Harry K.]

I've noticed that these mockups are container-less and 100% width.

That would be because I have a large-ish monitor and designed them in a smaller window. I prefer contained designs (like it is now) even if the container isn't "visible".

I was thinking about, for the future, having the site's background be photography submissions from members here that are alternating every week.

Interested to see how you would go about this, an automated system could pose a lot of problems - quality, contrast, etc.. A manual one could require a lot of maintenance, for a good look most of the photos would require a little editing. Not saying you shouldn't do it, I love the idea but it would be a hard thing to pull off - and if you do, and option to turn it off would be nice especially for people with slow internet.

My only real concern doing another mini-redesign here is that MyBB 1.9 is in the works

The only REAL update coming from 1.9 is Twig, and a Responsive theme - do you need to update right away? Someone is already working on a theme converter I've heard. All your plugins - shoutbox etc.. gone too.

I personally believe we will be waiting a while for 1.9 - and expect a lot of mini updates after due to bugs, errors etc.. This is the first big update in a while and it's all been done in a long period of time so there will be inconsistency.

Twig conversion is nearly complete! Only around 30 templates to go! WOW. Had a word with Justin S about the 1.9 theme and well.. He doesn't seem to be making too much progress lately. Let's see if others jump in now the conversion is nearly complete. We'll see.