Cool. I will apply the fix soon. I also agree the thread rate stars is better. It's easier to see, for one thing.
BTW, is there a way to make it show just the direct sub-categories, instead of all sub-categories like it does now? I added lots of sub-cats and the sub-cat links on the main page is becoming hard to use. I know I could hide the listing on main page but it would be better to make it show the category's direct sub-cats (ex. 1 level down).
Sorry for asking so many questions.