A minor observation: the subject lines appear more prominent than the topic line … maybe due to use of bold.
Long term, maintaining prominence of the topic line should help to keep things on topic. So I guess:
- make the topic line a little more prominent; and/or
- make the subject lines a little less prominent.
For (a): at first I thought bold, but then I saw the shade of blue that currently appears when previewing a new topic line –
For (b): within the topic (but not at lists of topics), subject lines might be a *fraction* lighter. Not so pale that text becomes lost, but a shade of grey that complements the topic line.
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If there's a topic in the phpBB area where this might be discussed more easily (with the developer of the theme?), please give a link – I'll be happy to move this post.