diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
index ec4ef272f..bdf0954d4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NewsFeed.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "util/misc.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h"
+#include "feeds/BoardsPostItem.h"
 #include "feeds/ChatMsgItem.h"
 #include "feeds/GxsCircleItem.h"
 #include "feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h"
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ void NewsFeed::handlePostedEvent(std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event)
 		addFeedItem( new PostedGroupItem(this, NEWSFEED_POSTEDNEWLIST, pe->mPostedGroupId, false, true));
 		break;
 	case RsPostedEventCode::NEW_MESSAGE:
-		addFeedItem( new PostedItem(this, NEWSFEED_POSTEDMSGLIST, pe->mPostedGroupId, pe->mPostedMsgId, false, true));
+        addFeedItem( new BoardsPostItem(this, NEWSFEED_POSTEDMSGLIST, pe->mPostedGroupId, pe->mPostedMsgId, false, true));
 		break;
 	case RsPostedEventCode::NEW_COMMENT:
 		addFeedItem( new BoardsCommentsItem(this, NEWSFEED_POSTEDMSGLIST, pe->mPostedGroupId, pe->mPostedMsgId, false, true));
@@ -530,6 +531,14 @@ void NewsFeed::testFeeds(RsFeedTypeFlags /*notifyFlags*/)
 	if (flags & RS_FEED_TYPE_CIRCLE)
 		instance->addFeedItemIfUnique(new GxsCircleItem(instance, NEWSFEED_CIRCLELIST, RsGxsCircleId(""), RsGxsId(""), RS_FEED_ITEM_CIRCLE_MEMB_JOIN),true);;
 
+    auto feedItem2 = new BoardsPostItem(instance,
+                                           NEWSFEED_CHANNELNEWLIST,
+                                           RsGxsGroupId  ("00000000000000000000000000000000"),
+                                           RsGxsMessageId("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000")
+                                           , false, true);
+
+    instance->addFeedItem(feedItem2);
+
 #ifdef TO_REMOVE
 	if (!instance) {
 		return;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index 5f7c6c286..c63996b3a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
 PostedCardView::PostedCardView(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGroupMetaData &group_meta, const RsGxsMessageId &post_id, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate)
     : BasePostedItem(feedHolder, feedId, group_meta, post_id, isHome, autoUpdate)
 {
-    setup();
+    PostedCardView::setup();
 }
 
 PostedCardView::PostedCardView(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGxsGroupId &groupId, const RsGxsMessageId& post_id, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate)
     : BasePostedItem(feedHolder, feedId, groupId, post_id, isHome, autoUpdate)
 {
-    setup();
-    loadGroup();
+    PostedCardView::setup();
+    PostedCardView::loadGroup();
 }
 
 void PostedCardView::setCommentsSize(int comNb)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
index aa5aea9c4..a592b0058 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
@@ -367,14 +367,14 @@ void BasePostedItem::showAuthorInPeople()
 PostedItem::PostedItem(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGroupMetaData &group_meta, const RsGxsMessageId& post_id, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate) :
     BasePostedItem(feedHolder, feedId, group_meta, post_id, isHome, autoUpdate)
 {
-	setup();
+    PostedItem::setup();
 }
 
 PostedItem::PostedItem(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGxsGroupId &groupId, const RsGxsMessageId& post_id, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate) :
     BasePostedItem(feedHolder, feedId, groupId, post_id, isHome, autoUpdate)
 {
-	setup();
-    loadGroup();
+    PostedItem::setup();
+    PostedItem::loadGroup();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
index a2f432dc0..2f1bc51b1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QMetaType>
 
 #include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class PostedItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
index 8081c0e99..59082a8fd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ void BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsPostedGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
 			mIsLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -150,7 +151,8 @@ void BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			std::cerr << "GxsPostedGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items" << std::endl;
 			mIsLoadingGroup = false;
-			return;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
 		}
 		RsPostedGroup group(groups[0]);
 
@@ -182,7 +184,8 @@ void BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadMessage()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadMessage() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
 			mIsLoadingMessage = false;
-			return;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
 		}
 
 		if (posts.size() == 1)
@@ -243,7 +246,8 @@ void BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadComment()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "BaseBoardsCommentsItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
 			mIsLoadingComment = false;
-			return;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
 		}
 
 		int comNb = comments.size();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h
index d5bff44b7..bffbf5bf6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QMetaType>
 
 #include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class BoardsCommentsItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fcf15bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,536 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.cpp                                            *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Robert Fernie   <retroshare.project@gmail.com>          *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QStyle>
+
+#include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
+#include "gui/Posted/PhotoView.h"
+#include "rshare.h"
+#include "BoardsPostItem.h"
+#include "ui_BoardsPostItem.h"
+
+#include "FeedHolder.h"
+#include "SubFileItem.h"
+#include "util/misc.h"
+#include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+#include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
+#include "util/HandleRichText.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
+#include "util/stringutil.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cmath>
+
+/****
+ * #define DEBUG_ITEM 1
+ ****/
+
+BoardsPostItem::BoardsPostItem(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGxsGroupId& groupId, const RsGxsMessageId &messageId, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate,const std::set<RsGxsMessageId>& older_versions) :
+    GxsFeedItem(feedHolder, feedId, groupId, messageId, isHome, rsPosted, autoUpdate) // this one should be in GxsFeedItem
+{
+	QVector<RsGxsMessageId> v;
+	//bool self = false;
+
+	for(std::set<RsGxsMessageId>::const_iterator it(older_versions.begin());it!=older_versions.end();++it)
+		v.push_back(*it) ;
+
+	if(older_versions.find(messageId) == older_versions.end())
+		v.push_back(messageId);
+
+    mLoadingStatus = LOADING_STATUS_NO_DATA;
+    mLoadingMessage = false;
+    mLoadingGroup = false;
+
+    setMessageVersions(v) ;
+	setup();
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
+{
+	/* This method employs a trick to trigger a deferred loading. The post and group is requested only
+	 * when actually displayed on the screen. */
+
+    if(mLoadingStatus != LOADING_STATUS_FILLED && !mGroupMeta.mGroupId.isNull() && !mPost.mMeta.mMsgId.isNull() )
+        mLoadingStatus = LOADING_STATUS_HAS_DATA;
+
+    if(mGroupMeta.mGroupId.isNull() && !mLoadingGroup)
+        requestGroup();
+
+    if(mPost.mMeta.mMsgId.isNull() && !mLoadingMessage)
+        requestMessage();
+
+    switch(mLoadingStatus)
+    {
+    case LOADING_STATUS_FILLED:
+    case LOADING_STATUS_NO_DATA:
+    default:
+        break;
+
+    case LOADING_STATUS_HAS_DATA:
+        fill();
+        mLoadingStatus = LOADING_STATUS_FILLED;
+        break;
+    }
+
+	GxsFeedItem::paintEvent(e) ;
+}
+
+BoardsPostItem::~BoardsPostItem()
+{
+    auto timeout = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(GROUP_ITEM_LOADING_TIMEOUT_ms);
+
+    while( (mLoadingGroup || mLoadingMessage)
+           && std::chrono::steady_clock::now() < timeout)
+    {
+        RsDbg() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " is Waiting for "
+                << (mLoadingGroup ? "Group " : "")
+                << (mLoadingMessage ? "Message " : "")
+                << "loading." << std::endl;
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    }
+
+	delete(ui);
+}
+
+bool BoardsPostItem::isUnread() const
+{
+	return IS_MSG_UNREAD(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus) ;
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::setup()
+{
+	/* Invoke the Qt Designer generated object setup routine */
+
+    ui = new Ui::BoardsPostItem;
+	ui->setupUi(this);
+
+    // Manually set icons to allow to use clever resource sharing that is missing in Qt for Icons loaded from Qt resource file.
+    // This is particularly important here because a channel may contain many posts, so duplicating the QImages here is deadly for the
+    // memory.
+
+    ui->logoLabel->setPixmap(FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-default-video.png"));
+    //ui->warn_image_label->setPixmap(FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/status_unknown.png"));
+    //ui->readButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/message-state-unread.png"));
+    //ui->voteUpButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/vote_up.png"));
+    //ui->voteDownButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/vote_down.png"));
+    //ui->downloadButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/download.png"));
+    //ui->playButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/play.png"));
+    ui->commentButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/comment.png"));
+    //ui->editButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/pencil-edit-button.png"));
+    //ui->copyLinkButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/copy.png"));
+    ui->expandButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/down-arrow.png"));
+    ui->readAndClearButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/correct.png"));
+    ui->clearButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/exit2.png"));
+
+	setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
+
+	mCloseOnRead = false;
+
+	/* clear ui */
+	ui->titleLabel->setText(tr("Loading..."));
+	ui->datetimelabel->clear();
+    //ui->filelabel->hide();
+    //ui->newCommentLabel->hide();
+    //ui->commLabel->hide();
+
+	/* general ones */
+	connect(ui->expandButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(toggle()));
+	connect(ui->clearButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(removeItem()));
+    connect(ui->logoLabel, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(viewPicture()));
+
+	/* specific */
+	connect(ui->readAndClearButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(readAndClearItem()));
+    //connect(ui->unsubscribeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(unsubscribeChannel()));
+
+    //connect(ui->downloadButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(download()));
+	// HACK FOR NOW.
+    ui->commentButton->hide();// hidden until properly enabled.
+//	connect(ui->commentButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(loadComments()));
+
+    //connect(ui->playButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(play(void)));
+    //connect(ui->editButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(edit(void)));
+    //connect(ui->copyLinkButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(copyMessageLink()));
+
+    //connect(ui->readButton, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(readToggled(bool)));
+
+    // hide voting buttons, backend is not implemented yet
+    //ui->voteUpButton->hide();
+    //ui->voteDownButton->hide();
+
+    //ui->scoreLabel->hide();
+
+	// hide unsubscribe button not necessary
+    //ui->unsubscribeButton->hide();
+
+    //ui->downloadButton->hide();
+    //ui->playButton->hide();
+    //ui->warn_image_label->hide();
+    //ui->warning_label->hide();
+
+	ui->titleLabel->setMinimumWidth(100);
+	//ui->subjectLabel->setMinimumWidth(100);
+    //ui->warning_label->setMinimumWidth(100);
+
+	ui->feedFrame->setProperty("new", false);
+	ui->feedFrame->style()->unpolish(ui->feedFrame);
+	ui->feedFrame->style()->polish(  ui->feedFrame);
+
+	ui->expandFrame->hide();
+}
+
+QString BoardsPostItem::groupName()
+{
+	return QString::fromUtf8(mGroupMeta.mGroupName.c_str());
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::loadGroup()
+{
+    std::cerr << "BoardsGroupItem::loadGroup()" << std::endl;
+
+    mLoadingGroup = true;
+
+	RsThread::async([this]()
+	{
+		// 1 - get group data
+
+        std::vector<RsPostedGroup> groups;
+		const std::list<RsGxsGroupId> groupIds = { groupId() };
+
+        if(!rsPosted->getBoardsInfo(groupIds,groups))	// would be better to call channel Summaries for a single group
+		{
+            RsErr() << "BoardsPostItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data for group " << groupId() << std::endl;
+            mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
+		}
+
+		if (groups.size() != 1)
+		{
+            std::cerr << "BoardsPostItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items for group " << groupId() ;
+			std::cerr << std::endl;
+            mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
+		}
+        RsPostedGroup group(groups[0]);
+
+		RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [group,this]()
+		{
+			/* Here it goes any code you want to be executed on the Qt Gui
+			 * thread, for example to update the data model with new information
+			 * after a blocking call to RetroShare API complete */
+
+			mGroupMeta = group.mMeta;
+            mLoadingGroup = false;
+
+            update();	// this triggers a paintEvent if needed.
+
+		}, this );
+	});
+}
+void BoardsPostItem::loadMessage()
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ITEM
+    std::cerr << "BoardsPostItem::loadMessage()";
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+#endif
+    mLoadingMessage = true;
+
+	RsThread::async([this]()
+	{
+		// 1 - get group data
+
+        std::vector<RsPostedPost> posts;
+		std::vector<RsGxsComment> comments;
+		std::vector<RsGxsVote> votes;
+
+        if(! rsPosted->getBoardContent( groupId(), std::set<RsGxsMessageId>( { messageId() } ),posts,comments,votes))
+		{
+            RsErr() << "BoardsPostedItem::loadMessage() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
+            mLoadingMessage = false;
+            deferred_update();
+            return;
+		}
+
+		if (posts.size() == 1)
+		{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ITEM
+			std::cerr << (void*)this << ": Obtained post, with msgId = " << posts[0].mMeta.mMsgId << std::endl;
+#endif
+            const RsPostedPost& post(posts[0]);
+
+            RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [post,this]()
+            {
+                mPost = post;
+                mLoadingMessage = false;
+                update();	// this triggers a paintEvent if needed.
+
+            }, this );
+		}
+		else
+		{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ITEM
+            std::cerr << "BoardsPostItem::loadMessage() Wrong number of Items. Remove It.";
+			std::cerr << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+            RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [this]()
+            {
+                removeItem();
+                mLoadingMessage = false;
+                update();	// this triggers a paintEvent if needed.
+            }, this );
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::fill()
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ITEM
+    std::cerr << "BoardsPostItem::fill()";
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+	QString title;
+	QString msgText;
+	//float f = QFontMetricsF(font()).height()/14.0 ;
+
+    ui->logoLabel->setEnableZoom(false);
+    int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR;
+    ui->logoLabel->setFixedSize(ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO*desired_height,desired_height);
+
+    if(mPost.mImage.mData != NULL)
+	{
+		QPixmap thumbnail;
+        GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mPost.mImage.mData, mPost.mImage.mSize, thumbnail,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+		// Wiping data - as its been passed to thumbnail.
+
+		ui->logoLabel->setPicture(thumbnail);
+	}
+	else
+		ui->logoLabel->setPicture( FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-default-video.png") );
+
+    //if( !IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(mGroupMeta.mSubscribeFlags) )
+    //ui->editButton->hide() ;	// never show this button. Feeds are not the place to edit posts.
+
+    if(mPost.mNotes.empty())
+        ui->expandButton->hide() ;	// never show this button.
+
+    if (mCloseOnRead && !IS_MSG_NEW(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus)) {
+        removeItem();
+    }
+
+    title = tr("Board") + ": ";
+    RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_POSTED, mPost.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
+    title += link.toHtml();
+    ui->titleLabel->setText(title);
+
+    msgText = tr("Post") + ": ";
+    RetroShareLink msgLink = RetroShareLink::createGxsMessageLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_POSTED, mPost.mMeta.mGroupId, mPost.mMeta.mMsgId, messageName());
+    msgText += msgLink.toHtml();
+    msgText += "  By: ";
+
+    RsIdentityDetails detail;
+    rsIdentity->getIdDetails(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId,detail);
+    msgText += GxsIdDetails::getName(detail);
+
+    ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgText);
+
+    //std::cerr << "Copying 1 line from \"" << mPost.mNotes << "\"" << std::endl;
+    //ui->newCommentLabel->setText(RsStringUtil::CopyLines(QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), 1)) ;
+    //ui->newCommentLabel->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), /* RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS |*/ RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
+
+//    if (IS_GROUP_SUBSCRIBED(mGroupMeta.mSubscribeFlags) || IS_GROUP_ADMIN(mGroupMeta.mSubscribeFlags))
+//    {
+//        ui->unsubscribeButton->setEnabled(true);
+//    }
+//    else
+//    {
+//        ui->unsubscribeButton->setEnabled(false);
+//    }
+    //ui->readButton->hide();
+    ui->newLabel->hide();
+    //ui->copyLinkButton->hide();
+
+    if (IS_MSG_NEW(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus))
+        mCloseOnRead = true;
+	
+	// differences between Feed or Top of Comment.
+    if(mFeedHolder)
+    {
+        if (mIsHome) {
+            ui->commentButton->show();
+        } else if (ui->commentButton->icon().isNull()){
+            //Icon is seted if a comment received.
+            ui->commentButton->hide();
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ui->commentButton->hide();
+    }
+
+	// disable voting buttons - if they have already voted.
+	/*if (post.mMeta.mMsgStatus & GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_VOTE_MASK)
+	{
+		voteUpButton->setEnabled(false);
+		voteDownButton->setEnabled(false);
+	}*/
+
+	{
+		QTextDocument doc;
+        doc.setHtml( QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()) );
+
+		ui->msgFrame->setVisible(doc.toPlainText().length() > 0);
+	}
+
+	ui->datetimelabel->setText(DateTime::formatLongDateTime(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs));
+}
+
+QString BoardsPostItem::messageName()
+{
+	return QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str());
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::viewPicture()
+{
+  if(mPost.mImage.mData == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  QString timestamp = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+  QPixmap pixmap;
+  GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mPost.mImage.mData, mPost.mImage.mSize, pixmap,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+  RsGxsId authorID = mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId;
+
+  PhotoView *PView = new PhotoView(this);
+
+  PView->setPixmap(pixmap);
+  PView->setTitle(messageName());
+  PView->setName(authorID);
+  PView->setTime(timestamp);
+  PView->setGroupId(groupId());
+  PView->setMessageId(messageId());
+
+  PView->show();
+
+  /* window will destroy itself! */
+}
+void BoardsPostItem::setReadStatus(bool isNew, bool isUnread)
+{
+#ifdef TODO
+	if (isNew)
+		mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus |= GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_GUI_NEW;
+	else
+		mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus &= ~GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_GUI_NEW;
+
+	if (isUnread)
+	{
+		mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus |= GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_GUI_UNREAD;
+		whileBlocking(ui->readButton)->setChecked(true);
+		ui->readButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/message-state-unread.png"));
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus &= ~GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_GUI_UNREAD;
+		whileBlocking(ui->readButton)->setChecked(false);
+		ui->readButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/message-state-read.png"));
+	}
+
+	ui->newLabel->setVisible(isNew);
+
+	ui->feedFrame->setProperty("new", isNew);
+	ui->feedFrame->style()->unpolish(ui->feedFrame);
+    ui->feedFrame->style()->polish(  ui->feedFrame);
+#endif
+}
+void BoardsPostItem::toggle()
+{
+    expand(ui->expandFrame->isHidden());
+}
+
+/*********** SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS ***********************/
+
+void BoardsPostItem::readAndClearItem()
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_ITEM
+    std::cerr << "BoardsPostItem::readAndClearItem()";
+	std::cerr << std::endl;
+#endif
+	readToggled(false);
+	removeItem();
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::readToggled(bool /*checked*/)
+{
+	mCloseOnRead = false;
+
+	RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msgPair = std::make_pair(groupId(), messageId());
+
+    rsPosted->setPostReadStatus(msgPair, isUnread());
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::fillExpandFrame()
+{
+    ui->msgLabel->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), /* RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS |*/ RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::doExpand(bool open)
+{
+    if (mFeedHolder)
+    {
+        mFeedHolder->lockLayout(this, true);
+    }
+
+    if (open)
+    {
+        ui->expandFrame->show();
+        ui->expandButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(QString(":/icons/png/up-arrow.png")));
+        ui->expandButton->setToolTip(tr("Hide"));
+
+        readToggled(false);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ui->expandFrame->hide();
+        ui->expandButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(QString(":/icons/png/down-arrow.png")));
+        ui->expandButton->setToolTip(tr("Expand"));
+    }
+
+    emit sizeChanged(this);
+
+    if (mFeedHolder)
+    {
+        mFeedHolder->lockLayout(this, false);
+    }
+}
+
+void BoardsPostItem::expandFill(bool first)
+{
+    GxsFeedItem::expandFill(first);
+
+    if (first) {
+        fillExpandFrame();
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b8845f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.h                                              *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Robert Fernie   <retroshare.project@gmail.com>          *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _BOARDS_POST_ITEM_H
+#define _BOARDS_POST_ITEM_H
+
+#include <QMetaType>
+
+#include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
+
+namespace Ui {
+class BoardsPostItem;
+}
+
+class FeedHolder;
+class SubFileItem;
+
+class BoardsPostItem : public GxsFeedItem
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	// This one is used in NewFeed for incoming channel posts. Only the group and msg ids are known at this point.
+	// It can be used for all apparences of channel posts. But in rder to merge comments from the previous versions of the post, the list of
+	// previous posts should be supplied. It's optional. If not supplied only the comments of the new version will be displayed.
+
+    BoardsPostItem(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, const RsGxsGroupId& groupId, const RsGxsMessageId &messageId, bool isHome, bool autoUpdate, const std::set<RsGxsMessageId>& older_versions = std::set<RsGxsMessageId>());
+    virtual ~BoardsPostItem();
+
+    uint64_t uniqueIdentifier() const override { return hash_64bits("BoardsPostItem " + messageId().toStdString()) ; }
+
+protected:
+
+	bool isUnread() const ;
+	void setReadStatus(bool isNew, bool isUnread);
+
+    static uint64_t computeIdentifier(const RsGxsMessageId& msgid) { return hash64("BoardsPostItem " + msgid.toStdString()) ; }
+
+	/* FeedItem */
+    virtual void doExpand(bool open) override ;
+    virtual void expandFill(bool first) override ;
+
+	// This does nothing except triggering the loading of the post data and comments. This function is mainly used to detect
+	// when the post is actually made visible.
+
+	virtual void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) override;
+
+	/* GxsGroupFeedItem */
+    virtual QString groupName() override;
+	virtual void loadGroup() override;
+    virtual RetroShareLink::enumType getLinkType()  override{ return RetroShareLink::TYPE_CHANNEL; }
+
+	/* GxsFeedItem */
+    virtual QString messageName() override;
+    virtual void loadMessage() override;
+    virtual void loadComment() override {}
+
+private slots:
+	/* default stuff */
+    void toggle() override;
+	void readAndClearItem();
+	void readToggled(bool checked);
+    void viewPicture();
+
+signals:
+	void vote(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool up);	
+
+private:
+	void setup();
+	void fill();
+    void fillExpandFrame();
+
+private:
+	bool mCloseOnRead;
+
+    LoadingStatus mLoadingStatus;
+
+    bool mLoadingMessage;
+    bool mLoadingGroup;
+
+	RsGroupMetaData mGroupMeta;
+    RsPostedPost mPost;
+
+	/** Qt Designer generated object */
+    Ui::BoardsPostItem *ui;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.ui
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a7a890f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>BoardsPostItem</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="BoardsPostItem">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>803</width>
+    <height>175</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="BoardsPostItem_GL">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>1</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>1</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>1</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>1</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="horizontalSpacing">
+    <number>6</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="verticalSpacing">
+    <number>1</number>
+   </property>
+   <item row="0" column="0">
+    <widget class="QFrame" name="feedFrame">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="autoFillBackground">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShape">
+      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShadow">
+      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="feedFrame_VL">
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="mainTopHLayout">
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="logo_VLayout">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="ZoomableLabel" name="logoLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="scaledContents">
+             <bool>false</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="mainRTopVLayout">
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="tilteHLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="titleLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <pointsize>11</pointsize>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <italic>true</italic>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">Board label</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="scaledContents">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="datetimelabel">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">DateTime</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="newLabel">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>New</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <spacer name="subject_VSpacer">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>20</width>
+              <height>40</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="newCommHLayout">
+            <property name="topMargin">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="subjectLabel">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <pointsize>11</pointsize>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <italic>false</italic>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">TextLabel</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="buttons_HSpacer">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>40</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="commentButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Comments</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="expandButton">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="focusPolicy">
+               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Expand</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="readAndClearButton">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="focusPolicy">
+               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Set as read and remove item</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="clearButton">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="focusPolicy">
+               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Remove Item</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QFrame" name="expandFrame">
+        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="expandFrame_VL">
+         <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>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QFrame" name="msgFrame">
+           <property name="frameShape">
+            <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
+           </property>
+           <property name="frameShadow">
+            <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
+           </property>
+           <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="msgFrame_VL">
+            <property name="leftMargin">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="topMargin">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="rightMargin">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="bottomMargin">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="msgLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="wordWrap">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="margin">
+               <number>6</number>
+              </property>
+              <property name="indent">
+               <number>-1</number>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+               <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <spacer name="feedFrame_VSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>20</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ZoomableLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
index 88425975d..75a6106fc 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ void ChannelsCommentsItem::loadGroupData()
         {
             RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data for group " << groupId() << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ void ChannelsCommentsItem::loadGroupData()
             std::cerr << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items for group " << groupId() ;
             std::cerr << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
         }
         RsGxsChannelGroup group(groups[0]);
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ void ChannelsCommentsItem::loadMessageData()
         {
             RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadMessage() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingMessage = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -303,11 +306,13 @@ void ChannelsCommentsItem::loadCommentData()
 		{
             RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadComment() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingComment = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
         if(comments.size()!=1)
         {
             mLoadingComment = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h
index 6cd25154e..87192c7d0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QMetaType>
 
 #include <retroshare/rsgxschannels.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class ChannelsCommentsItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.cpp
index fbaa7226d..df8c82c5d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #include "FeedItem.h"
 #include "FeedHolder.h"
 
+// Height of feed items as a factor of font size height.
+
+const int   FeedItem::ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR = 8;
+const float FeedItem::ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO = 16.0/9.0;
+
 /** Constructor */
 FeedItem::FeedItem(FeedHolder *fh, uint32_t feedId, QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent),mFeedHolder(fh),mFeedId(feedId),mHash(0)
 {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.h
index f2bb92e9f..f11424520 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/FeedItem.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ protected:
 
 	FeedHolder *mFeedHolder;
 	uint32_t mFeedId;
+    static const int   ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR ;
+    static const float ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO ;
+
 signals:
 	void sizeChanged(FeedItem *feedItem);
 	void feedItemNeedsClosing(qulonglong);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
index 56c10508a..0adafe8e9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ void GxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "PostedItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ void GxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			std::cerr << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items";
 			std::cerr << std::endl;
+            deferred_update();
             mLoadingGroup = false;
             return;
 		}
@@ -192,11 +194,16 @@ void GxsChannelGroupItem::fill()
 	RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_CHANNEL, mGroup.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
 	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtml());
 
-	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
+    ui->logoLabel->setEnableZoom(false);
+    int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR;
+    ui->logoLabel->setFixedSize(ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO*desired_height,desired_height);
+
+    ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
 
 	if (mGroup.mImage.mData != NULL) {
 		QPixmap chanImage;
 		GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mGroup.mImage.mData, mGroup.mImage.mSize, chanImage,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+
         ui->logoLabel->setPixmap(chanImage);
 	}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.h
index 604145941..ab9aaf088 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define _GXSCHANNELGROUPITEM_H
 
 #include <retroshare/rsgxschannels.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class GxsChannelGroupItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.ui
index 43537d061..d828571b0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.ui
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="top_GL">
         <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="2">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
+         <widget class="ZoomableLabel" name="logoLabel">
           <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
             <width>70</width>
@@ -391,6 +391,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ZoomableLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
  </resources>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
index abd10ed2b..9d6a9992f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::loadGroup()
 		{
             RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data for group " << groupId() << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::loadGroup()
             std::cerr << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items for group " << groupId() ;
 			std::cerr << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 		RsGxsChannelGroup group(groups[0]);
@@ -265,6 +267,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::loadMessage()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingMessage = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -312,8 +315,8 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::fill()
 	//float f = QFontMetricsF(font()).height()/14.0 ;
 
 	ui->logoLabel->setEnableZoom(false);
-	int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * 8;
-	ui->logoLabel->setFixedSize(4/3.0*desired_height,desired_height);
+    int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR;
+    ui->logoLabel->setFixedSize(ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO*desired_height,desired_height);
 
 	if(mPost.mThumbnail.mData != NULL)
 	{
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::fill()
 
         ui->subjectLabel->setText(RsStringUtil::CopyLines(QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mMsg.c_str()), 2)) ;
 
-		//QString score = QString::number(post.mTopScore);
+        //QString score = QString::number(post.mTopScore);
 		// scoreLabel->setText(score); 
 
 		/* disable buttons: deletion facility not enabled with cache services yet */
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.h
index cdcd56088..4c4503ec0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QMetaType>
 
 #include <retroshare/rsgxschannels.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class GxsChannelPostItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.cpp
rename to retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.cpp
index b9f2e68ee..524ecc578 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *                                                                             *
  *******************************************************************************/
 
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 #include "gui/feeds/FeedHolder.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.h"
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h
similarity index 97%
rename from retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h
rename to retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h
index bc75d1837..b33db7f18 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h                                    *
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h                                  *
  *                                                                             *
  * Copyright 2012-2013 by Robert Fernie   <retroshare.project@gmail.com>       *
  *                                                                             *
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
index 7e0fdca71..c3592b958 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ void GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup()
 			std::cerr << "GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items";
 			std::cerr << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
         RsGxsForumGroup group(groups[0]);// no reference to teporary accross threads!
@@ -205,7 +207,11 @@ void GxsForumGroupItem::fill()
 
 	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
 
-	if (IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(mGroup.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags)) {
+    ui->forumlogo_label->setEnableZoom(false);
+    int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR;
+    ui->forumlogo_label->setFixedSize(ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO*desired_height,desired_height);
+
+    if (IS_GROUP_PUBLISHER(mGroup.mMeta.mSubscribeFlags)) {
         ui->forumlogo_label->setPixmap(FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/forums.png"));
 	} else {
         ui->forumlogo_label->setPixmap(FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/png/forums-default.png"));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.h
index 4a70a215d..31026f18c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsforums.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsevents.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class GxsForumGroupItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.ui
index aee325282..ff344158a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.ui
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <item>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="top_GL">
         <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="2">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="forumlogo_label">
+         <widget class="ZoomableLabel" name="forumlogo_label">
           <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
             <width>70</width>
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ZoomableLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
  </resources>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
index 9e07c6de8..333a6a577 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::loadGroup()
 			std::cerr << "GxsForumGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items";
 			std::cerr << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 		RsGxsForumGroup group(groups[0]);
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::loadMessage()
         {
             std::cerr << "GxsForumMsgItem::loadMessage() ERROR getting message data";
             mLoadingMessage = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
         }
         // now load the parent message. If not found, it's not a problem.
@@ -420,7 +423,9 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::unsubscribeForum()
 void GxsForumMsgItem::setAsRead(bool doUpdate)
 {
     mCloseOnRead = false;
-    mLoadingSetAsRead = true;
+
+    if(doUpdate)
+        mLoadingSetAsRead = true;
 
     RsThread::async( [this, doUpdate]() {
         RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msgPair = std::make_pair(groupId(), messageId());
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
index e6dc533d5..2c8e55292 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define _GXSFORUMMSGITEM_H
 
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsforums.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class GxsForumMsgItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp
similarity index 84%
rename from retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp
rename to retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp
index 72f08ae8e..523f41076 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp                             *
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp                           *
  *                                                                             *
  * Copyright 2012-2013  by Robert Fernie      <retroshare.project@gmail.com>   *
  *                                                                             *
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
 
 #include <QTimer>
 
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
+#include "GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
+
 #include "gui/feeds/FeedHolder.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.h"
 
+#include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ GxsGroupFeedItem::GxsGroupFeedItem(FeedHolder *feedHolder, uint32_t feedId, cons
 
 	/* this are just generally useful for all children */
 	mIsHome = isHome;
+    mLastDelay = 300;	// re-update after 300ms on fail. See deferred_update()
 
 	/* load data if we can */
 	mGroupId = groupId;
@@ -116,3 +120,19 @@ void GxsGroupFeedItem::requestGroup()
     loadGroup();
 }
 
+void GxsGroupFeedItem::deferred_update()
+{
+    mLastDelay = (int)(float(mLastDelay)*1.2);
+    mLastDelay += 100.0*RsRandom::random_f32();
+
+    if(mLastDelay < 10000.0)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Launching deferred update at " << mLastDelay << " ms." << std::endl;
+        RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [this]() { QTimer::singleShot(mLastDelay,this,SLOT(update())); }, this );
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h
similarity index 92%
rename from retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h
rename to retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h
index 9bb21b6d0..c70879bbd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h                               *
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h                             *
  *                                                                             *
  * Copyright 2012-2013  by Robert Fernie      <retroshare.project@gmail.com>   *
  *                                                                             *
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ protected:
 	virtual RetroShareLink::enumType getLinkType() = 0;
 	virtual QString groupName() = 0;
 
+    // This triggers an update in the main thread after a short waiting period. Help loading objects that havn't loaded yet.
+    void deferred_update();
+
 protected slots:
 	void subscribe();
 	void unsubscribe();
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
 	RsGxsGroupId mGroupId;
+    int mLastDelay;
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(RsGxsGroupId)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
index e4e416faa..2e341a00a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void PostedGroupItem::loadGroup()
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsPostedGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ void PostedGroupItem::loadGroup()
 			std::cerr << "GxsPostedGroupItem::loadGroup() Wrong number of Items";
 			std::cerr << std::endl;
             mLoadingGroup = false;
+            deferred_update();
             return;
 		}
 		RsPostedGroup group(groups[0]);
@@ -173,7 +175,11 @@ void PostedGroupItem::fill()
 
 	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
 	
-	if (mGroup.mGroupImage.mData != NULL) {
+    ui->logoLabel->setEnableZoom(false);
+    int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * ITEM_HEIGHT_FACTOR;
+    ui->logoLabel->setFixedSize(ITEM_PICTURE_FORMAT_RATIO*desired_height,desired_height);
+
+    if (mGroup.mGroupImage.mData != NULL) {
 		QPixmap postedImage;
 		GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mGroup.mGroupImage.mData, mGroup.mGroupImage.mSize, postedImage,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
 		ui->logoLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap(postedImage));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.h
index 835c7ce19..fdda04922 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define _POSTEDGROUPITEM_H
 
 #include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
-#include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class PostedGroupItem;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.ui
index 6c043972f..b037b767a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.ui
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="top_GL">
         <item row="0" column="0" rowspan="2">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
+         <widget class="ZoomableLabel" name="logoLabel">
           <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
             <width>70</width>
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ZoomableLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
  </resources>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
index 32aa52360..e8362a885 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
@@ -596,10 +596,13 @@ HEADERS +=  rshare.h \
             gui/elastic/elnode.h \
             gui/NewsFeed.h \
             gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.h \
+            gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.h \
             gui/feeds/FeedItem.h \
             gui/feeds/FeedHolder.h \
+	    gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.h \
             gui/feeds/GxsCircleItem.h \
             gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.h \
+	    gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.h \
             gui/feeds/PeerItem.h \
             gui/feeds/MsgItem.h \
             gui/feeds/ChatMsgItem.h \
@@ -691,6 +694,7 @@ FORMS +=    gui/StartDialog.ui \
             gui/advsearch/expressionwidget.ui \
             gui/NewsFeed.ui \
             gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.ui \
+            gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.ui \
             gui/feeds/GxsCircleItem.ui \
             gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.ui \
             gui/feeds/PeerItem.ui \
@@ -942,10 +946,13 @@ SOURCES +=  main.cpp \
             gui/elastic/elnode.cpp \
             gui/NewsFeed.cpp \
             gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp \
+            gui/feeds/BoardsPostItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/FeedItem.cpp \
+	    gui/feeds/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/FeedHolder.cpp \
             gui/feeds/GxsCircleItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp \
+	    gui/feeds/GxsFeedItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/PeerItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/MsgItem.cpp \
             gui/feeds/ChatMsgItem.cpp \
@@ -1424,11 +1431,9 @@ gxsgui {
 		gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.h \
 		gui/gxs/GxsMessageFrameWidget.h \
 		gui/gxs/GxsMessageFramePostWidget.h \
-		gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.h \
-		gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.h \
 		gui/gxs/GxsGroupShareKey.h \
 		gui/gxs/GxsUserNotify.h \
-		gui/gxs/GxsFeedWidget.h \
+#		gui/gxs/GxsFeedWidget.h \
 		util/TokenQueue.h \
 		util/RsGxsUpdateBroadcast.h \
 	
@@ -1458,10 +1463,8 @@ gxsgui {
 		gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp \
 		gui/gxs/GxsMessageFrameWidget.cpp \
 		gui/gxs/GxsMessageFramePostWidget.cpp \
-		gui/gxs/GxsGroupFeedItem.cpp \
-		gui/gxs/GxsFeedItem.cpp \
 		gui/gxs/GxsUserNotify.cpp \
-		gui/gxs/GxsFeedWidget.cpp \
+#		gui/gxs/GxsFeedWidget.cpp \
 		util/TokenQueue.cpp \
 		util/RsGxsUpdateBroadcast.cpp \