Since i cant clear the bold comment box, im putting in a comment and marking it as read, to see if that will clear the comment box! Is there a "mark entire forum as read" option? i need that, it would speed things up for me. Edit: It didnt work for one; the comment box is still hilighted like there are new posts in here - which there never have been until now! and it's still not cleared outside of the comment box. For two, i cant post replies. that's not a bad thing, im just curious if you cant apply that to the articles section as well