Can we please modify the Discussion Forums layout, especially the sidebars?

I'd find the sidebars on the forums much more useful if I could modify them by doing one or more of the following:
Remove particular boxes (close button in the top-right corner?)
Reorder boxes (drag and drop?)
Set box height (slider beneath each box?)
Set how much information is provided in a given box, perhaps with scroll bars if it's more than fits in the box
Prevent the sidebar (as a whole) from scrolling with the forum/message/idea - in fact the header and footer should probably stay static too, especially if I can choose what information is present (e.g. remove the "Announcements" box at the top!)
If I could do those things, I'd set things up with the information I want to see, just the right height for my screen, so that it stayed in place where I want to see it as I browse the forums. At the moment, anything displayed beside what I'm looking at is rarely what I actually want to see, and I need to scroll to particular places to access that.

johnsold wrote:
Greg,
The Announcements box and perhaps the sidebars might show up when you first log in, but when you click into the first Board, it switches to the layout specified by the user.   
Lynn
Oh NO - I kinda like the announcement bar just the way it is!  Don't you?
Jeff

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