I wasn't really quite sure what you guys were talking about, so I took a stab at fixing it within the boundaries of the new software.
First, the old WebX's "Top Level View" looked something like this to most of you:
That looks pretty flat - only the "Spork Central" has any active discussions that meant anything to anyone.
Trouble is, for me, and staff, and other special groups, the "Top Level View" looked something like this:
So, less flat.
I'm guessing what you were asking to be "more flat" is the "Spork Central" section of these boards. To accomplish a semblance of this, what I've done:
1) I changed the name of the Folder holding the Spork-specific discussions to "Spork Boards", mimicking the old digs.
2) I moved all of the Topics that were in "Industry Scuttlebutt" into "Spork Boards"
3) I deleted the forum "Industry Scuttlebutt" and moved "Feature Requests" and "Article Discussions" into the "MacEdition Gristmill"
4) I renamed "Community Topics" to "Spork Central"
5) I ripped some guts out of the Topic List template so that it displays on one line instead of the previous two.
If you want to see a "Top Level" that most closely matches this:
... then you should make your bookmark for visiting these boards this link:
http://new.macedition.com/forums/list.php?4
Is this kind of what was being requested?