Thanks Sir Dude,
I haven't actually started my forum yet I'm waiting for a friend to download it to my server, this is the link to the demo forum that I'm trying things on
http://demo.ubbcentral.com/rob/ubbthreads.php/ubb/cfrm . I'm trying to work out as much as I can there first
Just a word of warning, it is has an adult theme to it .. there's nothing bad there but some may be offended by the topic.
I have had a play since writing and I "think" I've fixed it, but that may just be on my screen.
thanks
Djuma