I've had a great idea Simon,

wouldn't it be good if a thread appeared as new if one of its posts had been edited.

I can see this giving several benefits

* you don't have 1000's of 'bump', 'back to the top' threads cluttering up posts and making them hard to read.

* you reduce the number of records you have in the database table thus making indexes and space usage far more efficient.

againsts:

* are there any - I imagine the database manipulation would be to mark the last posted date on the thread record when an edit takes places along the same lines as a new reply

anyone else agree ???

regards

Ian.