If you'd like a newbie perspective--
When I googled this page, I found the forums. Happy as a clam, I started reading them, and also participating in the chat. After a while in the chat, I noticed that people started referencing 'the site'. This confused me at first, and I remember asking in chat if anyone thought anvilfire.com - "Blacksmithing and Metalworkers Reference for Blacksmiths" was a good resource. The chat went dead, and I received a polite Private Message telling me that Anvil Fire was a competing site, so mentioning it was likely a faux-pas.
I was confused by this, as Anvil Fire didn't have much in the way of forums, nothing like you guys have here. So I shrugged, and decided to explore.... and eventually I clicked on the 'Home' button, which took me to the actual site. It was like Christmas all over again!
However, one thing I have noticed-- the logo in the top left that says IForgeIron-- on most sites, clicking that would take you to the homepage of the site, not to the frontpage of the forums. That's what made it so difficult for me... clicking the 'Home' button was a last-ditch effort.
So, either I'm a clueless newbie, or I have a neat idea-- make the IForgeIron logo point to the home page, for those luckless few of us who stumble upon this site via the forums.