I like the new updated look of the forum. To help the thread stand out in the sections, I agree with "hood" make the Thread Title bold. I would reduce the font size and make it black, that will make it stand out, then reduce the size of the font used for "Started by" and change that to the all blue color. It looks run together because of not enough space between titles, by reducing the font size that will help or you could make the thread area wider. The orange color looks great because warm colors come forward on the blue background, the blue color is too similar to the background and so there is not enough contrast to make it easy to read.
judy