[ladyfyre]

well, i just hunted, double checked, and triple checked, and i see no where that will let me change the sort order of an individual forum.....so i guess that is one i still need too

After looking at the sort order options though, neither is really what i want. I want to be able to set certain forums to be sorted by the date the thread was started, instead of the date of the last post. We have some sections which are for advertising, and have a CONTINUAL problem of some people simply serial posting ads, or bumping their own ads, so they will be on top. Once you get several hundred doing it, it gets REALLY confusing for anyone to try to find anything of value. So i want to be able to set it up so they can make replies to their ads, but NOT get bumped back to the top....and i assume that sorting by date of the first post that would be possible.