…and place them within the top right hand corner of each page. Doing this would bring back the originality and personality of Zoklet, fill in the large empty space, and also mean that we wouldn’t have to entirely change the main banner seeing that administration appear very adamant on keeping it.
Also, if the banners were to be forum specific then they could link to their forum, and in doing so bring more traffic to the less active forums by introducing themselves within a visually interesting and informative way.
There could also be annual contests held to create some new banners to throw into the mix. Doing this might even slightly increase traffic due to people wanting to create and see the new banners.
The only requirement is that the logo plus the banner width would have to equal 800px or less to avoid page stretching for users with smaller screens.
Example of banner placement: