The reason the verification code did not work is that I use "Change all Urls in the site to be lower case" in iFinity URLMaster 2.80. After adding 'verificationcode' to [forceLowerCaseRegex] it worked as expected.

Thanks Arctica, pls try to verify again. It should work now.

1. What I have done with the menu can be done with each menu shipped with DNN. Have a look at the page setting -> advanced settings ->appearance and then choose an icon for your page that matches the subject. It is that easy :)
2. I use Active Forums (https://activeforums.codeplex.com/) because I use it since version 1.0. I implemented a forum because many users still like forums but in the long run I think Q&A will be the answer :P Active Forums is open source since Will Morgenweck sold his company to DNN and now works for DNN. For my library I use Ventrian News Articles (http://www.ventrian.com/modules/news-articles). For Q&A I use dnnxExcange (https://dnnxchange.codeplex.com/) and I changed the module and its layout a bit to my needs. Social Groups are part of DNN Platform 7.1.2. My editor is CKEditor (https://dnnckeditor.codeplex.com/). For the downloads I use the document module (https://dnndocuments.codeplex.com/) but I probably replace that with something else soon. And as last I use the Events Module (https://dnnevents.codeplex.com/).

You see I do not use a lot of modules. IMHO with DNN Platform you don't many modules to make a nice site. In the next months I will add more eye candy to some pages because I think it is very important how a site looks. It is the same as you go shopping, the windows of the shops invite you to go into the store....

I will write more about the hardware I use etcetra...