Charlotte, since you're updating the plugins, perhaps you can consider using NicEdit.com instead of FCKedit? It's much smaller and loads faster for dialup members.
Here's (probably) all the features I hope gets added to iForum. After this, I'd be contented: 1) publicly viewable forums 2) SEO optimized 3) smileys 4) latest posts, newest threads 5) notification alerts (optio...
I love the iForum but I absolutely hate FCKedit. Its just too big and slow causing people on dial up to give up on using iForum (and the blog too). I replaced it with a custom NicEdit.com toolbar. Perhaps you can standardize on this?...