I plan to place the posting box at the top of each page. So that when the user is on the index the post box can post a new topic and when he is view a thread he can post a response without needing to click any links.

So far I have managed to get the posting box to appear at the top by putting

<div id="content">
<div class="left">{include file="$template/subtemplates/posting2.tpl.inc"}</div></div>

in main.tpl

the posting2.tpl.inc is a customised copy of the original.

The box appears fine and everything, I just can't seem to get it to actually post anything without clicking the 'post new topic' and 'post reply' links.

Any help?

This is the test site atm (it may change rapidly while I play with things)
http://enemyinfantry.com/~you/testforum/forum/