revamped the post box tag to use a Velocity template to render with

templates/conf/post_box.vm

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+#*
+  The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+  
+  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+  WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+  language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+  
+  The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+  
+  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@ricochet.com>,
+  for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+  Copyright (C) 2004 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+  
+  Contributor(s): 
+*#
+## Render the post box.
+#set( $html_reference = "html-reference.html" )
+#comment( "BEGIN POST BOX" )
+<form method="POST" action="#formatURL( $action $action_type )"><div class="content">
+  #foreach( $pn in $params.keySet() )
+    <input type="hidden" name="$pn" value="$!{params.get($pn)}" />
+  #end
+  <table border="0" cellpadding="0">
+    #if( $newtopic_name )
+      <tr><td align="left" colspan="2" class="content">
+        #font( "content.fg" "content" )New topic name:</font><br />
+        <span class="cinput"><input type="text" class="cinput" name="$newtopic_name"
+                                    size="37" maxlength="128" value="$!newtopic_value" /></span>
+      </td></tr>
+    #end
+    <tr><td align="left" colspan="2" class="content">
+      #font( "content.fg" "content" )Your name/header:</font><br />
+      <span class="cinput"><input type="text" class="cinput" name="$pseud_name"
+                                  size="37" maxlength="255" value="$!pseud_value" /></span>
+      #font( "content.fg" "content" )<input type="checkbox"
+          name="$attach_name"
+          #if( $attach_value )checked="checked"#end
+          value="Y" /> Attach a file</font>
+    </td></tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td align="left" class="content">#font( "content.fg" "content" )Message:</font></td>
+      <td align="right" class="content">#font( "content.fg" "content" )
+        <a href="#externStatic( $html_reference )" target="_blank">HTML Guide</a>
+      </font></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr><td align="left" colspan="2" class="cinput">
+      <textarea name="$text_name" wrap="soft" rows="7" cols="51">$!text_value</textarea>
+    </td></tr>
+    <tr><td align="center" colspan="2" class="content">
+      #set( $first = 1 )
+      #foreach( $bn in $buttons )
+        #if( $first == 1 )
+          #set( $first = 0 )
+        #else
+          &nbsp;
+        #end
+        #button( $bn "input" )
+      #end
+    </td></tr>
+  </table>
+</div></form>
+#comment( "END POST BOX" )
+## -- EOF --