I redid the part of the script that lays out the messages and the result was they are in order by the date of the initial post of the thread. I added the stars to allow people to quickly find the new posts. It would take awhile to try to rewrite the script and pretty much make the stars redundant. I'm in the process of developing the script into a potential commercial site (which would not affect this board) and I'm adding the improvements that I make to that project to this board as I go along. It may be possible to allow individual guests to a board to select how they want to view the board. If I develope that I'll certainly add it here.