"...I just get so fed up with the whining round here everytime a change is made for the better. decide what you will about that comment and me, cos I don't care, so long as the site works, is fast and is here." Wow...that's what I call customer service :) Why the arrogance and irritation over such a trivial issue, admittedly? People like to know how many new posts there may be in a given forum..so what? Calculating that number puts too much load on the server? And calculating the total posts, and total threads doesn't? Less caffeine...relax, there are bigger issues to deal with ya know :-)