Intriguing, I didn't know you could do that! Still, if you compare what I get from LT -
http://www.bellaonline.com/forum/ultimatebb.cgi you'll see they're small and fit seamlessly into the available space, with just the icon, subject and poster name. In comparison, the content islands -
http://www.bellaonline.com/gaming/strategy_lib_lotrwalk.html are ideal for 'external single use' but would be huge as far as placement on that front page. So either I'd have to edit them and make them small and pretty and lose their functionality as standalone items, or I'd have to keep them huge and then they'd take up tons of space on the front page.
Now if I could have TWO sets - one large and usable by the hosts in their articles for their particular topics, and the one small and usable on a channel level for the front page, that would work for me
But they really are two different purposes.
I guess nobody can help me with the lt code. I'm really hoping it is just related to my new server being initialized on Hong Kong time, and the fact that it thought it was 1am on Sunday a few hours ago. Maybe once we cross the "real" 1am EST, the latest threads will kick into action ... I can see the file in /lt/index/ updating but nothing else is.