diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 1ed8fd481..e10562efd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QPixmap>
 
+#include "ChannelFeed.h"
 #include "LinksDialog.h"
 #include "GamesDialog.h"
 #include "PhotoDialog.h"
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@
  * #define RS_RELEASE_VERSION    1
  ****/
 
+#define RS_RELEASE_VERSION    1
+
  
 /** Constructor */
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
@@ -178,16 +181,23 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
                        createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_MESSAGES), tr("Messages"), grp));
                        
     LinksDialog *linksDialog = NULL;
-    ui.stackPages->add(linksDialog = new LinksDialog(ui.stackPages),
-			createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_LINKS), tr("Links Cloud"), grp));
 
 
 #ifdef RS_RELEASE_VERSION    
     channelsDialog = NULL;
+
+    ChannelFeed *channelFeed = NULL;
+    ui.stackPages->add(channelFeed = new ChannelFeed(ui.stackPages),
+                      createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_CHANNELS), tr("Channel Feed"), grp));
+
 #else
     channelsDialog = NULL;
-//    ui.stackPages->add(channelsDialog = new ChannelsDialog(ui.stackPages),
-//                       createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_CHANNELS), tr("Channels"), grp));
+    ui.stackPages->add(linksDialog = new LinksDialog(ui.stackPages),
+			createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_LINKS), tr("Links Cloud"), grp));
+
+    ui.stackPages->add(channelsDialog = new ChannelsDialog(ui.stackPages),
+                       createPageAction(QIcon(IMAGE_CHANNELS), tr("Channels"), grp));
+
 #endif
 
     //ui.stackPages->add(new HelpDialog(ui.stackPages),
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BlogMsgItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BlogMsgItem.cpp
index 8391d343e..de1bc5dd3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BlogMsgItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BlogMsgItem.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ void BlogMsgItem::updateItemStatic()
 	int total = (int) (10.0 * (rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)));
 	int i;
 
+	total = 0;
+
 	for(i = 0; i < total; i++)
 	{
 		/* add file */