[kira]

Um, you. are. GODlike.

Holy moly, I never thought I'd be able to get a response so quickly, much less a solution!

Yes, it did indeed work! I tried it in AOL at first and received a javascript error (but it worked anyway); in IE 5.5 it went through without a glitch.

I have two final (I hope) questions, if you don't mind my pushing you.

First Question: I logged out from my forums and returned to the episode page (going "undercover" as an unregistered or unlogged-in reader). The form was exactly the same -- the simple "Post Reply" textfield, with no name/password fields. Now, this may be how this version of the Quick Reply box works; I use the older version (I don't remember whose, I think it was someone with a Slavic name) that automatically provides fields for the username and password when someone isn't logged in.

I was able to post anyway (which is good) but of course the response was listed under the name "Unregistered."

I'd like to provide the usual login field so unregistered people can leave their names too (erasing the automatic "Unregistered" that appears for them). Is it possible to hardcode this, or to provide it for people who aren't cookied/registered?

I can live with having those "Unregistered" posts (I can always instruct people to include their names in the body of the post) but if you can figure out a way for me to provide a name field, I'd be thrilled.

Second Question: also, just for my own curiosity (and in case I'd like to test out the feasibility of your earlier suggestion) ... would it be possible to create the second scenario you mentioned -- posting a scene as a VB thread in which the first post is formatted differently from the rest?
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Sorry for the extra questions. I am so very, very grateful for your coming to the rescue! If you need any kind of design or copy editing, I'm your girl.