ok - I still have problems in that my smilies don't work by clicking on them I have to type manually the code for them - but that is ok, I figure it's a good memory exercise (I think the problem is something with my firewall - as I have cleared my cookies, allowed cookies allowed java and all that - even tried the firefox browser) but what I just noticed is that if you read a journal there is no way to subscribe to it unless you make a post - then the option to subscribe comes up - did you realize this? I mean, it's no big deal to make a post and then subscribe but until I manually code enough smilies I tend to forget to do this