Thank you for you detailed reply, Reverie
Your recommendation to remove introduction as a child of lounge will be actioned, I like that idea and because we don't have many sections this will create a fuller looking forum.
I fully appreciate what you're saying about having extra nodes/sections. My thinking for now, is that because the forum will have such a low amount of activity - it's best to keep the sections low so there's not tens of "no posts" sections. I have used prefixes in the hardware and software server development sections in an attempt to combat not having explicit sections for things like support. Let me know what you think about that?
HAHAHA you're completely right! It's either really colourful or down right dingy isn't it? Who knows what theme v2 will have in stock! haha
Definitely, I've started reaching out for partnerships from respected websites that offer services we wish to partner with.