aardvark, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: aardvark : : one question, though... who inserted the 'error' class? : it wasn't mine, and judging by the indenting style, dave : didn't insert it, either... what's it do and where can i see : it in action? :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it's to style text small and red to place near form elements to alert the user to an error in the data they're attempting to submit. try registering as a new member and enter a syntactically incorrect email address to see what i mean. thanks, .jeff name://jeff.howden game://web.development http://www.evolt.org/ mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org