This may have been recommended already, so if it has please forgive me. Why not make it so that the message board post will not 'take' if there's nothing in the surname box? Perhaps an error message such as "Your post cannot be accepted without the surname box being completed" or similar reminder.

Tom Wilde wrote: >This may have been recommended already, so if it has please forgive me. > >Why not make it so that the message board post will not 'take' if >there's nothing in the surname box? Perhaps an error message such as >"Your post cannot be accepted without the surname box being completed" >or similar reminder. > Hi Tom Not all posts contain surnames, so that won't work. Best wishes, Lynne