diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.cpp
index 6b8463940..a08657205 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@
 #include "CreateForum.h"
 
 #include "rsiface/rsforums.h"
-#include "rsiface/rschannels.h"
 
 /** Constructor */
-CreateForum::CreateForum(QWidget *parent, bool isForum)
-: QDialog(parent), mIsForum(isForum)
+CreateForum::CreateForum(QWidget *parent)
+: QDialog(parent)
 {
   /* Invoke the Qt Designer generated object setup routine */
   ui.setupUi(this);
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ CreateForum::CreateForum(QWidget *parent, bool isForum)
   // connect up the buttons.
   connect( ui.cancelButton, SIGNAL( clicked ( bool ) ), this, SLOT( cancelForum( ) ) );
   connect( ui.createButton, SIGNAL( clicked ( bool ) ), this, SLOT( createForum( ) ) );
-  
-  connect( ui.LogoButton, SIGNAL(clicked() ), this , SLOT(addChannelLogo()));	
-	connect( ui.ChannelLogoButton, SIGNAL(clicked() ), this , SLOT(addChannelLogo()));
 
   newForum();
 
@@ -57,34 +53,17 @@ void CreateForum::show()
 
 void  CreateForum::newForum()
 {
+	/* enforce Public for the moment */
+	ui.typePublic->setChecked(true);
 
-	if (mIsForum)
-	{
-		/* enforce Public for the moment */
-		ui.typePublic->setChecked(true);
+	ui.typePrivate->setEnabled(false);
+	ui.typeEncrypted->setEnabled(false);
 
-		ui.typePrivate->setEnabled(false);
-		ui.typeEncrypted->setEnabled(false);
+	ui.msgAnon->setChecked(true);
+	//ui.msgAuth->setEnabled(false);
 
-		ui.msgAnon->setChecked(true);
-		//ui.msgAuth->setEnabled(false);
-		ui.groupBoxLogo->hide();
-		
-		ui.forumName->clear();
-		ui.forumDesc->clear();
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* enforce Private for the moment */
-		ui.typePrivate->setChecked(true);
-
-		ui.typePublic->setEnabled(false);
-		ui.typeEncrypted->setEnabled(false);
-
-		ui.msgAnon->setChecked(true);
-		ui.msgAuth->setEnabled(false);
-		ui.msgGroupBox->hide();
-	}
+	ui.forumName->clear();
+	ui.forumDesc->clear();
 }
 
 void  CreateForum::createForum()
@@ -125,19 +104,9 @@ void  CreateForum::createForum()
 		flags |= RS_DISTRIB_AUTHEN_ANON;
 	}
 
-	if (mIsForum)
+	if (rsForums)
 	{
-		if (rsForums)
-		{
-			rsForums->createForum(name.toStdWString(), desc.toStdWString(), flags);
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		if (rsChannels)
-		{
-			rsChannels->createChannel(name.toStdWString(), desc.toStdWString(), flags);
-		}
+		rsForums->createForum(name.toStdWString(), desc.toStdWString(), flags);
 	}
 
 	close();
@@ -151,27 +120,3 @@ void  CreateForum::cancelForum()
 	return;
 }
 
-void CreateForum::addChannelLogo()
-{
-	QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, "Load File", QDir::homePath(), "Pictures (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)");
-	if(!fileName.isEmpty())
-	{
-		picture = QPixmap(fileName).scaled(64,64, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio);
-		
-		// to show the selected 
-		ui.ChannelLogoButton->setIcon(picture);
-
-		std::cerr << "Sending avatar image down the pipe" << std::endl ;
-
-		// send avatar down the pipe for other peers to get it.
-		QByteArray ba;
-		QBuffer buffer(&ba);
-		buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-		picture.save(&buffer, "PNG"); // writes image into ba in PNG format
-
-		std::cerr << "Image size = " << ba.size() << std::endl ;
-
-		//rsMsgs->setOwnAvatarData((unsigned char *)(ba.data()),ba.size()) ;	// last char 0 included.
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.h
index e91b265da..e418b701b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/forums/CreateForum.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class CreateForum : public QDialog
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  CreateForum(QWidget *parent = 0, bool isForum = true);
+  CreateForum(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
 void  newForum(); /* cleanup */
 
@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ private slots:
 void  createForum();
 void  cancelForum();
 
-void addChannelLogo();
-
-
-private:
-
-
-  bool mIsForum;
 };
 
 #endif