diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
index 5385b1db9e..4ef5585b27 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_posting.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class parse_message
 		// Message length check
 		if (!strlen($message) || ($config['max_post_chars'] && strlen($message) > intval($config['max_post_chars'])))
 		{
-			$warn_msg .= ( !strlen($message) ) ? $user->lang['Too_few_chars'] . '<br />' : $user->lang['Too_many_chars'] . '<br />';
+			$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . (!strlen($message)) ? $user->lang['Too_few_chars'] : $user->lang['Too_many_chars'];
 		}
 
 		// Smiley check
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class parse_message
 
 				if ($match > intval($config['max_post_smilies']))
 				{
-					$warn_msg .= $user->lang['Too_many_smilies'] . '<br />';
+					$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $user->lang['Too_many_smilies'];
 					break;
 				}
 			}
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ class parse_message
 			return $warn_msg;
 		}
 
-		$warn_msg .= $this->html($message, $html);
-		$warn_msg .= $this->bbcode($message, $bbcode, $uid);
-		$warn_msg .= $this->emoticons($message, $smilies);
-		$warn_msg .= $this->magic_url($message, $url);
-		$warn_msg .= $this->attach($_FILE);
+		$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $this->html($message, $html);
+		$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $this->bbcode($message, $bbcode, $uid);
+		$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $this->emoticons($message, $smilies);
+		$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $this->magic_url($message, $url);
+		$warn_msg .= (($warn_msg != '') ? '<br />' : '') . $this->attach($_FILE);
 
 		return $warn_msg;
 	}
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/lang_main.php b/phpBB/language/en/lang_main.php
index a729d2451e..1194deb2bb 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/lang_main.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/lang_main.php
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'Edit_delete_post' => 'Edit/Delete this post',
 	'View_IP' => 'View IP of poster',
 	'Delete_post' => 'Delete this post',
+	'Delete_post_warn' => 'Once deleted the post cannot be recovered',
 	'wrote' => 'wrote',
 	'Quote' => 'Quote',
 	'Code' => 'Code',
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 	'Empty_subject' => 'You must specify a subject when posting a new topic',
 	'To_long_subject' => 'The subject is too long it must be 60 characters or less',
 	'Empty_message' => 'You must enter a message when posting',
+	'Too_few_chars' => 'Your message contains too few characters',
 	'Too_many_chars' => 'Your message contains too many characters',
 	'Too_many_smilies' => 'Your message contains too many emoticons',
 	'Forum_locked' => 'This forum is locked you cannot post, reply to or edit topics',
diff --git a/phpBB/posting.php b/phpBB/posting.php
index e8a7d06304..34890ee7eb 100644
--- a/phpBB/posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/posting.php
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
 	'TOPIC_TITLE' 		=> ($mode != 'post') ? $topic_title : '',
 	'USERNAME' 			=> $post_username,
 	'SUBJECT' 			=> (!empty($topic_title)) ? $topic_title : $post_subject,
-	'MESSAGE' 			=> $post_text,
+	'MESSAGE' 			=> trim($post_text),
 	'HTML_STATUS' 		=> ($html_status) ? $user->lang['HTML_is_ON'] : $user->lang['HTML_is_OFF'],
 	'BBCODE_STATUS' 	=> ($bbcode_status) ? sprintf($user->lang['BBCode_is_ON'], '<a href="' . "faq.$phpEx$SID&amp;mode=bbcode" . '" target="_phpbbcode">', '</a>') : sprintf($user->lang['BBCode_is_OFF'], '<a href="' . "faq.$phpEx$SID&amp;mode=bbcode" . '" target="_phpbbcode">', '</a>'),
 	'SMILIES_STATUS' 	=> ($smilies_status) ? $user->lang['Smilies_are_ON'] : $user->lang['Smilies_are_OFF'],
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
 	'L_ATTACH_SIGNATURE' 	=> $user->lang['Attach_signature'],
 	'L_NOTIFY_ON_REPLY' 	=> $user->lang['Notify'],
 	'L_DELETE_POST' 		=> $user->lang['Delete_post'],
+	'L_DELETE_WARN'			=> $user->lang['Delete_post_warn'],
 	'L_NONE' 				=> $user->lang['None'],
 	'L_EMPTY_MESSAGE' 		=> $user->lang['Empty_message'],
 	'L_BBCODE_CLOSE_TAGS' 	=> $user->lang['Close_Tags'],
diff --git a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
index 6887737c3a..2a9eed5cf1 100644
--- a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/posting_body.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!-- INCLUDE overall_header.html -->
 
-<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
+<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
 <!--
 
 // Define the bbCode tags
@@ -22,30 +22,19 @@ a_help = "{L_BBCODE_A_HELP}";
 s_help = "{L_BBCODE_S_HELP}";
 f_help = "{L_BBCODE_F_HELP}";
 
-function checkForm() {
-
-	formErrors = false;
-
+function checkForm()
+{
 	if (document.post.message.value.length < 2) {
-		formErrors = "{L_EMPTY_MESSAGE}";
-	}
-
-	if (formErrors) {
-		alert(formErrors);
+		alert('{L_EMPTY_MESSAGE}');
 		return false;
 	} else {
 		bbstyle(-1);
-		//document.post.preview.disabled = true;
-		//document.post.submit.disabled = true;
-		//document.post.save.disabled = true;
-		//document.post.cancel.disabled = true;
 		return true;
 	}
 }
-
 //-->
 </script>
-<script language="JavaScript" src="templates/subSilver/editor.js"></script>
+<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="templates/subSilver/editor.js"></script>
 
 <form action="{S_POST_ACTION}" method="post" name="post" onsubmit="return checkForm(this)"><table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center">
 	<tr>
@@ -74,7 +63,7 @@ function checkForm() {
 	<!-- IF S_DELETE_ALLOWED -->
 	<tr>
 		<td class="row1"><span class="gen"><b>{L_DELETE_POST}</b></span></td>
-		<td class="row2"><input type="checkbox" name="delete" /> {L_DELETE_WARN}</td>
+		<td class="row2"><input type="checkbox" name="delete" /> <span class="gensmall">[ {L_DELETE_WARN} ]</span></td>
 	</tr>
 	<!-- ENDIF -->
 	<!-- IF S_DISPLAY_USERNAME -->