diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.cpp
index 22db0d97d..2ba83a31a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ CreateGxsForumMsg::CreateGxsForumMsg(const RsGxsGroupId &fId, const RsGxsMessage
 
 	QString text = mOId.isNull()?(pId.isNull() ? tr("Start New Thread") : tr("Post Forum Message")):tr("Edit Message");
 	setWindowTitle(text);
+	
+	ui.forumMessage->setPlaceholderText(tr ("Text"));
 
 	ui.headerFrame->setHeaderImage(QPixmap(":/icons/png/forums.png"));
 	ui.headerFrame->setHeaderText(text);
@@ -318,7 +320,10 @@ void  CreateGxsForumMsg::loadFormInformation()
 		ui.forumSubject->setText(misc::removeNewLine(subj));
 
 	if (ui.forumSubject->text().isEmpty())
+	{
 		ui.forumSubject->setFocus();
+		ui.forumSubject->setPlaceholderText(tr ("Title"));
+	}
 	else
 		ui.forumMessage->setFocus();
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.ui
index 1e3b45abf..e5308f66f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/CreateGxsForumMsg.ui
@@ -81,33 +81,6 @@
             <property name="bottomMargin">
              <number>0</number>
             </property>
-            <item row="2" column="0">
-             <widget class="QLabel" name="subjectLabel">
-              <property name="text">
-               <string>Subject</string>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item row="0" column="1">
-             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="forumName">
-              <property name="enabled">
-               <bool>false</bool>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item row="0" column="0">
-             <widget class="QLabel" name="forumLabel">
-              <property name="text">
-               <string>Forum</string>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item row="2" column="1">
-             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="forumSubject"/>
-            </item>
-            <item row="1" column="1">
-             <widget class="GxsIdChooser" name="idChooser"/>
-            </item>
             <item row="1" column="0">
              <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
               <property name="font">
@@ -121,147 +94,20 @@
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
-           </layout>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QFrame" name="toolBarFrame">
-           <property name="maximumSize">
-            <size>
-             <width>16777215</width>
-             <height>38</height>
-            </size>
-           </property>
-           <property name="frameShape">
-            <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
-           </property>
-           <property name="frameShadow">
-            <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
-           </property>
-           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-            <property name="spacing">
-             <number>0</number>
-            </property>
-            <property name="leftMargin">
-             <number>6</number>
-            </property>
-            <property name="topMargin">
-             <number>1</number>
-            </property>
-            <property name="rightMargin">
-             <number>6</number>
-            </property>
-            <property name="bottomMargin">
-             <number>1</number>
-            </property>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QToolButton" name="attachFileButton">
-              <property name="focusPolicy">
-               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
-              </property>
-              <property name="toolTip">
-               <string>Attach File</string>
-              </property>
-              <property name="text">
-               <string/>
-              </property>
-              <property name="icon">
-               <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
-                <normaloff>:/icons/png/attach.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/attach.png</iconset>
-              </property>
-              <property name="iconSize">
-               <size>
-                <width>24</width>
-                <height>24</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-              <property name="autoRaise">
-               <bool>true</bool>
+            <item row="0" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="forumName">
+              <property name="enabled">
+               <bool>false</bool>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QToolButton" name="emoticonButton">
-              <property name="focusPolicy">
-               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
-              </property>
+            <item row="1" column="1">
+             <widget class="GxsIdChooser" name="idChooser"/>
+            </item>
+            <item row="0" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="forumLabel">
               <property name="text">
-               <string/>
-              </property>
-              <property name="icon">
-               <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
-                <normaloff>:/icons/png/smiley.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/smiley.png</iconset>
-              </property>
-              <property name="iconSize">
-               <size>
-                <width>24</width>
-                <height>24</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-              <property name="autoRaise">
-               <bool>true</bool>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QToolButton" name="attachPictureButton">
-              <property name="focusPolicy">
-               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
-              </property>
-              <property name="toolTip">
-               <string>Attach a Picture</string>
-              </property>
-              <property name="icon">
-               <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
-                <normaloff>:/icons/png/attach-image.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/attach-image.png</iconset>
-              </property>
-              <property name="iconSize">
-               <size>
-                <width>24</width>
-                <height>24</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-              <property name="autoRaise">
-               <bool>true</bool>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item>
-             <spacer>
-              <property name="orientation">
-               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-              </property>
-              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-               <size>
-                <width>40</width>
-                <height>15</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-             </spacer>
-            </item>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="signBox">
-              <property name="focusPolicy">
-               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
-              </property>
-              <property name="toolTip">
-               <string>Sign Message</string>
-              </property>
-              <property name="text">
-               <string/>
-              </property>
-              <property name="icon">
-               <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
-                <normaloff>:/images/document-edit-sign.png</normaloff>:/images/document-edit-sign.png</iconset>
-              </property>
-              <property name="iconSize">
-               <size>
-                <width>22</width>
-                <height>22</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-              <property name="checked">
-               <bool>true</bool>
+               <string>Forum</string>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
@@ -274,24 +120,176 @@
             <string>Forum Post</string>
            </property>
            <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-            <item row="0" column="0">
-             <widget class="MimeTextEdit" name="forumMessage">
-              <property name="html">
-               <string notr="true">&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
-&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
-p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
-&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
-            <item row="1" column="0">
+            <item row="4" column="0">
              <widget class="QLabel" name="infoLabel">
               <property name="text">
                <string/>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
+            <item row="1" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="forumSubject"/>
+            </item>
+            <item row="3" column="0">
+             <widget class="MimeTextEdit" name="forumMessage">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <family>MS Sans Serif</family>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="html">
+               <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Sans Serif'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot;-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-family:'MS Sans Serif';&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="0" column="0">
+             <widget class="QFrame" name="toolBarFrame">
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>16777215</width>
+                <height>38</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="frameShape">
+               <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="frameShadow">
+               <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
+              </property>
+              <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+               <property name="spacing">
+                <number>0</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="leftMargin">
+                <number>2</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="topMargin">
+                <number>1</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="rightMargin">
+                <number>2</number>
+               </property>
+               <property name="bottomMargin">
+                <number>1</number>
+               </property>
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QToolButton" name="attachFileButton">
+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="toolTip">
+                  <string>Attach File</string>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string/>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="icon">
+                  <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+                   <normaloff>:/icons/png/attach.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/attach.png</iconset>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="iconSize">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>24</width>
+                   <height>24</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="autoRaise">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QToolButton" name="emoticonButton">
+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string/>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="icon">
+                  <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+                   <normaloff>:/icons/png/smiley.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/smiley.png</iconset>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="iconSize">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>24</width>
+                   <height>24</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="autoRaise">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QToolButton" name="attachPictureButton">
+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="toolTip">
+                  <string>Attach a Picture</string>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="icon">
+                  <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+                   <normaloff>:/icons/png/attach-image.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/attach-image.png</iconset>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="iconSize">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>24</width>
+                   <height>24</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="autoRaise">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+               <item>
+                <spacer>
+                 <property name="orientation">
+                  <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>40</width>
+                   <height>15</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                </spacer>
+               </item>
+               <item>
+                <widget class="QCheckBox" name="signBox">
+                 <property name="focusPolicy">
+                  <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="toolTip">
+                  <string>Sign Message</string>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="text">
+                  <string/>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="icon">
+                  <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
+                   <normaloff>:/images/document-edit-sign.png</normaloff>:/images/document-edit-sign.png</iconset>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="iconSize">
+                  <size>
+                   <width>22</width>
+                   <height>22</height>
+                  </size>
+                 </property>
+                 <property name="checked">
+                  <bool>true</bool>
+                 </property>
+                </widget>
+               </item>
+              </layout>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
            </layout>
           </widget>
          </item>