Hi Andy,

Once a user posts a message, I would like them to return straight back to the forum

Untested, but it should go this way:

Replace

if(isset($back) && $back=='thread') header('Location: index.php?mode=thread&id='.$new_data['id'].'#p'.$new_data['id']);
else header('Location: index.php?id='.$new_data['id']);

by

header('Location: index.php?mode=index');

in includes/posting.inc.php (line 934 and 935).

Alex