Based on past experience, they just forgot to turn it back on after reconnecting the Literotica forum database (they were both down in parallel for a while, and now, shazam, there's a new look for the forums).
I am digging this new look. The forums look like they've been brought up to date with the current times. The last version looked like it was from the early 90's. I like the new forums. Anybody else?