on the lime green bar I am late, all considerations were good but in the sake of improvements… why not having a menu somewhere on forums for “speed dial resources”? maybe somewhere “hidden” in a menu list and that has links to directory for example and zulip and CP blog. That way the resources would be grouped in a single place and in a place that makes sense.
About branding and colors, yes they are important. The lime green I think was a complimentary color used during early CP era but as of now we can just get rid of it.