hi all, completed the following: 1) fixed thelist box so it'd validate. 2) fixed thelist box so it ouputs like the rest of the sidebar boxes 3) fixed the new comments sidebar so it includes a ...more link for logged in users 4) found and fixed more instances of session scoped variables, rescoping them to app.session to negate the need for readonly locks. that's all for now, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/