1. If there's nothing you can do to help, are you treating JC's templates as a hack - because they did come bundled with 6.3 from Infopop?

No, they use the same infrastructure as the standard templates. Any enhancements to the code are template based, and supported by Infopop.com as long as they are intact <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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