gldtn - it should do however I dont think I mastered the removal of the $GAS_article_options from 2 of the file edits. However I didt see it as much of a problem as they will always be empty variables.
djroketboy - you can do this via the forum manager (just as you would do with any forum). Dont know why it didnt create the folders for you - but at least its worked
Omega - was yours an upgrade? Ill look into that. I think I know what the problem might be (when you click the button look at the link... is thepostid or threadid blank?). You will have to revert your templates to get the new look im afraid.
Lizard - Ill tweak the templates but the reason for the alignment is because the article is about 6 characters long
I think I know the problem with the threadbit_deleted... I just added another columnspan to forumdisplay but not to gas_threadbit_deleted.
Thanks for everything guys - hope your digging it.