I will be setting template portal up very soon.
Here is what I made, It is a simple design but meant to be effective and serve its purpose. It is oscommerce so my customization had to be limited in case I got stuck with the php coding lol. here is what I have done please feel free to take it and edit a few bits to show me what would make it better.
What do you think?

http://www.matrixforum.co.uk/beta.jpg

Thanks
Stephen