sg219:
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Currently we just have the one skin due to the overall look and feel, e.g. halfEIGHT.com is the "orange/yellow" site, epoch1-43.com is the "bright blue" site etc.
RE Quick Reply - not sure I understand, you have to click it in order for it to show, so it already is optional, you'd use the Post Reply button to get the Advanced version?