chuckeeee, I too liked the simple look of the classic forums. As Gizmo said, if you don't activate the sidebar items, you won't have them.
My forums have the old "classic" forum look and I like them that way.... Here's a link if you want to look at one of the forums....
http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/1/1/Trapper_Talk
