diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
index a9f93584a..cb839daa5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.cpp
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ void GxsGroupDialog::setupReadonly()
 	//ui.groupLogo->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_ICON));
 	ui.addLogoButton->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_ICON));
 
-	ui.groupDesc->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION));
-	ui.groupDescLabel->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION));
+	ui.groupDesc->setReadOnly(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION);
+	//ui.groupDescLabel->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_DESCRIPTION));
 
 	ui.distribGroupBox->setEnabled(!(mReadonlyFlags & GXS_GROUP_FLAGS_DISTRIBUTION));
 
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ void GxsGroupDialog::updateFromExistingMeta(const QString &description)
 
 	/* setup name */
 	ui.groupName->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGrpMeta.mGroupName.c_str()));
+	ui.headerFrame->setHeaderText(QString::fromUtf8(mGrpMeta.mGroupName.c_str()));
 
 	/* set description */
 	ui.groupDesc->setPlainText(description);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.ui
index 1d0a4ff93..7eb95077e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupDialog.ui
@@ -7,14 +7,23 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>695</width>
-    <height>588</height>
+    <height>542</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string notr="true">Create New</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
-   <property name="margin">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <property name="spacing">
@@ -41,7 +50,16 @@
          <property name="spacing">
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
-         <property name="margin">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
           <number>4</number>
          </property>
          <item>
@@ -96,7 +114,11 @@
               </widget>
              </item>
              <item>
-              <widget class="QLineEdit" name="groupName"/>
+              <widget class="QLineEdit" name="groupName">
+               <property name="placeholderText">
+                <string>Set a descriptive title here</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
              </item>
             </layout>
            </item>
@@ -105,7 +127,16 @@
              <property name="spacing">
               <number>9</number>
              </property>
-             <property name="margin">
+             <property name="leftMargin">
+              <number>3</number>
+             </property>
+             <property name="topMargin">
+              <number>3</number>
+             </property>
+             <property name="rightMargin">
+              <number>3</number>
+             </property>
+             <property name="bottomMargin">
               <number>3</number>
              </property>
              <item>
@@ -205,7 +236,16 @@
         </property>
         <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents">
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="_2">
-          <property name="margin">
+          <property name="leftMargin">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="topMargin">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="rightMargin">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="bottomMargin">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <property name="spacing">
@@ -249,20 +289,6 @@
         </widget>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="1" column="0">
-       <layout class="QVBoxLayout">
-        <item>
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="groupDescLabel">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Description</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <widget class="QTextEdit" name="groupDesc"/>
-        </item>
-       </layout>
-      </item>
       <item row="3" column="0">
        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="publishGroupBox">
         <property name="title">
@@ -272,7 +298,16 @@
          <property name="spacing">
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
-         <property name="margin">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
           <number>4</number>
          </property>
          <item>
@@ -315,7 +350,16 @@
          <property name="spacing">
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
-         <property name="margin">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
           <number>4</number>
          </property>
          <item>
@@ -351,7 +395,16 @@
          <property name="spacing">
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
-         <property name="margin">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>4</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
           <number>4</number>
          </property>
          <item>
@@ -486,6 +539,26 @@
         </layout>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0">
+       <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+        <layout class="QVBoxLayout">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="groupDescLabel">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Description</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="MimeTextEdit" name="groupDesc">
+           <property name="placeholderText">
+            <string>Set a descriptive description here</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -514,6 +587,11 @@
    <header>gui/common/FriendSelectionWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>MimeTextEdit</class>
+   <extends>QTextEdit</extends>
+   <header location="global">gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../images.qrc"/>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.cpp
index 190b48001..c4d9a87b2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.cpp
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidget::insertChannelDetails(const RsGxsChannelGroup &group)
 		chanImage = QPixmap(CHAN_DEFAULT_IMAGE);
 	}
 	ui->logoLabel->setPixmap(chanImage);
+	
+	ui->subscribersLabel->setText(QString::number( group.mMeta.mPop)) ;
 
 	if (group.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags & GXS_SERV::GROUP_SUBSCRIBE_PUBLISH)
 	{
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.ui
index 7b3ba2db6..bf72b74d7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidget.ui
@@ -14,16 +14,7 @@
    <property name="spacing">
     <number>4</number>
    </property>
-   <property name="leftMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="topMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="rightMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="bottomMargin">
+   <property name="margin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
@@ -35,16 +26,7 @@
       <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
      </property>
      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
-      <property name="leftMargin">
-       <number>4</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="topMargin">
-       <number>4</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="rightMargin">
-       <number>4</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="bottomMargin">
+      <property name="margin">
        <number>4</number>
       </property>
       <item>
@@ -121,11 +103,46 @@
         <property name="text">
          <string notr="true">Subscribe</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="icon">
+         <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
+          <normaloff>:/images/RSS_004_32.png</normaloff>:/images/RSS_004_32.png</iconset>
+        </property>
+        <property name="iconSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>16</width>
+          <height>16</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolButtonStyle">
+         <enum>Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon</enum>
+        </property>
         <property name="autoRaise">
          <bool>true</bool>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="subscribersLabel">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>30</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Subscribers</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true"/>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string/>
+        </property>
+        <property name="alignment">
+         <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <widget class="QToolButton" name="postButton">
         <property name="focusPolicy">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images.qrc b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images.qrc
index d2158b52e..5cd7d1049 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images.qrc
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images.qrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
         <file>images/add_chat24.png</file>
+        <file>images/RSS_004_32.png</file>
         <file>images/mail-encrypted-full.png</file>
         <file>images/decrypt-mail.png</file>
         <file>images/inbox_22.png</file>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/RSS_004_32.png b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/RSS_004_32.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6abd93dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/RSS_004_32.png differ
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
index 316746d10..1f585c272 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
@@ -579,3 +579,9 @@ QLabel#sharekeyinfo_label{
 	background: #FFFFD7;
 	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #FFFFD7, stop:1 #FFFFB2);
 }
+
+QLabel#subscribersLabel{
+  border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+
+}
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