as I have said before.. the black-background is irritating and hard to read.. atleast to me it is.. So can we maybe vote on a different one?
here are some from a free template site
HEREthat I also found on SMF site
HERE (so I supposed they are accessible?) that could be nice...(the smf site keeps timing out, so maybe that free template site is the better bet)
check the link to click on a bigger picture of what the theme looks like..

Black Ted
http://themebot.com/free-website-templates/smf-themes/359-black-tedizler light (sorry about the size, it's all the website had)
http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=746apollo
http://themebot.com/free-website-templates/smf-themes/345-apolloyou get the idea.. something with a light background would 'read' so much easier.. you can also note the 'emphasis' given on some post easier...
I think it's the dark background and white lettering that I find hard to read.. a lite background with dark lettering is preferable.. as long as the lettering isn't like
teal or
orange or some other
colorful color LOL
(HA actually that
orange is easier to read on this background than the white.. LOL go figure!)
When I switched to this theme, my goal was to make this place look different from
you know where...We'll try a different one each day and at the end of next week y'all can vote on the one you want.
Isn't democracy great???