diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index baa089a62d..73b27eadb7 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -10076,3 +10076,22 @@ David  14 Dec 2009
 
     client/
         cs_scheduler.cpp
+
+David  15 Dec 2009
+    - web: bb2html() previously generated HTML that assumed
+        the BOINC stylesheet (main.css) was included.
+        This is no good if we're exporting the HTML.
+        Add an option to generate generic HTML.
+    - web: add options to the forum RSS feed:
+        1) threads_only: just show threads (i.e. 1st post in each thread)
+        2) truncate: truncate posts to 256 chars.
+            If this is not set, convert post from BBcode to generic HTML,
+            and put this (XML-encoded) in item.description
+    This is preparation for using the forum code for project news,
+    and for displaying forum RSS feeds in the manager.
+
+    html/
+        inc/
+            text_transform.inc
+        user/
+            forum_rss.php
diff --git a/doc/index.php b/doc/index.php
index b097f19e00..372ac337a0 100644
--- a/doc/index.php
+++ b/doc/index.php
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ function language_form() {
         ."<option value=en>English"
         ."<option value=es>Espa&ntilde;ol (Spanish)"
         ."<option value=fr>Fran&ccedil;ais (French)"
+        ."<option value=el>Ελληνικά (Greek)"
         ."<option value=ja>日本語 (Japanese)"
         ."<option value=ko>한국어 (Korean)"
         //."<option value=lt>Lietuvių (Lithuanian)"
diff --git a/html/inc/text_transform.inc b/html/inc/text_transform.inc
index b38b4e1d8b..b6e17d43a7 100644
--- a/html/inc/text_transform.inc
+++ b/html/inc/text_transform.inc
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ function get_output_options($user) {
 }
 
 // Converts bbcode to proper HTML
+// If $export is true, don't use BOINC CSS
 
-function bb2html($text) {
+function bb2html($text, $export=false) {
     $urlregex = "(?:\"?)(?:(http\:\/\/)?)([^\[\"<\ ]+)(?:\"?)";
     $httpsregex = "(?:\"?)https\:\/\/([^\[\"<\ ]+)(?:\"?)";
     // List of allowable tags
@@ -138,32 +139,61 @@ function bb2html($text) {
     );
     
     // What the above tags are turned in to
-    $htmltags = array (
-        "'<div class=\"pre\">'.stop_recursion(remove_br('\\1')).'</div>'",
-        "'<div class=\"code\">'.stop_recursion('\\1').'</div>'",
-        "<b>\\1</b>",
-        "<i>\\1</i>",
-        "<u>\\1</u>",
-        "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\2</a>",
-        "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://\\1</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
-        "<div style='font-style: oblique'>\\1 wrote:</div><blockquote class='postbody'>\\2</blockquote>",
-        "<blockquote class='postbody'>\\1</blockquote>",
-        "<ul>\\1</ul><p>",
-        "<ol>\\1</ol><p>",
-        "<img src=\"http://\\2\">",
-        "<font color=\"\\1\">\\2</font>",
-        "\\1<li>\\2\n\\3",
-        "<span style=\"font-size: \\1px;\">\\2</span>",
-        "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
-        "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/\\1\">#\\1</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/\\1\">\\1</a>",
-        "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/\\1\">[\\1]</a>"
-    );
+    if ($export) {
+        $htmltags = array (
+            "'<pre>'.stop_recursion(remove_br('\\1')).'</pre>'",
+            "'<code>'.stop_recursion('\\1').'</code>'",
+            "<b>\\1</b>",
+            "<i>\\1</i>",
+            "<u>\\1</u>",
+            "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\2</a>",
+            "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
+            "<i>\\1 wrote:</i><blockquote>\\2</blockquote>",
+            "<blockquote>\\1</blockquote>",
+            "<ul>\\1</ul><p>",
+            "<ol>\\1</ol><p>",
+            "<img src=\"http://\\2\">",
+            "<font color=\"\\1\">\\2</font>",
+            "\\1<li>\\2\n\\3",
+            "<span style=\"font-size: \\1px;\">\\2</span>",
+            "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/\\1\">#\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/\\1\">[\\1]</a>"
+        );
+    } else {
+        $htmltags = array (
+            "'<div class=\"pre\">'.stop_recursion(remove_br('\\1')).'</div>'",
+            "'<div class=\"code\">'.stop_recursion('\\1').'</div>'",
+            "<b>\\1</b>",
+            "<i>\\1</i>",
+            "<u>\\1</u>",
+            "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\2</a>",
+            "<a href=\"https://\\1\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">\\3</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://\\2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://\\2</a>",
+            "<div style='font-style: oblique'>\\1 wrote:</div><blockquote class='postbody'>\\2</blockquote>",
+            "<blockquote class='postbody'>\\1</blockquote>",
+            "<ul>\\1</ul><p>",
+            "<ol>\\1</ol><p>",
+            "<img src=\"http://\\2\">",
+            "<font color=\"\\1\">\\2</font>",
+            "\\1<li>\\2\n\\3",
+            "<span style=\"font-size: \\1px;\">\\2</span>",
+            "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/\\1\">#\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/\\1\">\\1</a>",
+            "<a href=\"http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/changeset/\\1\">[\\1]</a>"
+        );
+    }
     
     // Do the actual replacing - iterations for nested items
     $lasttext = "";
diff --git a/html/user/forum_rss.php b/html/user/forum_rss.php
index 3ead1dd064..d4dcc18dd9 100644
--- a/html/user/forum_rss.php
+++ b/html/user/forum_rss.php
@@ -16,7 +16,16 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 // along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-// get a forum (possibly filtered by user) as RSS feed
+// get a forum as RSS feed
+// arguments:
+// threads_only
+//      If true, only show threads (not posts within a thread)
+//          by decreasing create time
+//      Else enumerate threads by decreasing timestamp,
+//          and show the post with latest timestamp for each
+// truncate
+//      If true, truncate posts to 256 chars and show BBcode
+//      else show whole post and convert to HTML
 
 require_once("../project/project.inc");
 require_once("../inc/db.inc");
@@ -37,6 +46,10 @@ if (get_int('setup', true)) {
         <p>
         Include only the <input name=nitems> most recent posts (default: 20).
         <p>
+        Truncate posts <input type=checkbox name=truncate checked>
+        <p>
+        Threads only <input type=checkbox name=threads_only>
+        <p>
         <input type=submit value=OK>
     ";
     page_tail();
@@ -45,12 +58,13 @@ if (get_int('setup', true)) {
 
 $userid = get_int('userid', true);
 $nitems = get_int('nitems', true);
+$truncate = get_str('truncate', true);
+$threads_only = get_str('threads_only', true);
 
 if(!$nitems || $nitems < "1" || $nitems > "20") {
     $nitems = "20";
 }
 
-
 $clause = "forum=$forumid ";
 
 if ($userid) {
@@ -59,32 +73,29 @@ if ($userid) {
     $clause .= " and owner=$userid";
 }
 
-class Int {
-};
-
 $db = BoincDb::get();
-$x = $db->lookup_fields(
-    "thread",
-    "Int",
-    "max(timestamp) as foo",
-    "$clause and status=0 and hidden=0 and sticky=0"
-);
-$last_mod_time = $x->foo;
+if ($threads_only) {
+    $q = "$clause and status=0 and hidden=0 and sticky=0 order by create_time desc limit $nitems";
+} else {
+    $q = "$clause and status=0 and hidden=0 and sticky=0 order by timestamp desc limit $nitems";
+}
 
-$threads = BoincThread::enum("$clause and status=0 and hidden=0 and sticky=0 order by create_time desc limit $nitems"
-);
+$threads = BoincThread::enum($q);
 
 // Get unix time that last modification was made to the news source
 //
-$create_date  = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_mod_time) . ' GMT'; 
 
 // Now construct header
 //
 header ("Expires: " . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', time()+86400) . " GMT");
-header ("Last-Modified: " . $create_date);
+if (sizeof($threads)) {
+    $t = $threads[0];
+    $last_mod_time = $threads_only?$t->create_time:$t->timestamp;
+    $create_date  = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_mod_time) . ' GMT'; 
+    header ("Last-Modified: " . $create_date);
+}
 header ("Content-Type: application/xml");
 
-
 // Create channel header and open XML content
 //
 $description = PROJECT.": $forum->description";
@@ -112,17 +123,34 @@ echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\" ?>
 // write news items
 //
 foreach ($threads as $thread) {
-    $post_date=gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',$thread->create_time).' GMT';
     $unique_url=URL_BASE."forum_thread.php?id=".$thread->id;
 
-    $clause2 = $userid?"and user=$userid":"";
-    $posts = BoincPost::enum("thread=$thread->id $clause2 order by timestamp limit 1");
+    $clause2 = " and hidden=0 ";
+    if ($userid) $clause2 .= "and user=$userid";
+    if ($threads_only) {
+        $posts = BoincPost::enum("thread=$thread->id $clause2 order by id limit 1");
+    } else {
+        $posts = BoincPost::enum("thread=$thread->id $clause2 order by timestamp desc limit 1");
+    }
     $post = $posts[0];
+    $post_date=gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',$post->timestamp).' GMT';
+    if ($truncate) {
+        if (strlen($post->content) > 256) {
+            $t = substr($post->content, 0, 256).". . .";
+        } else {
+            $t = $post->content;
+        }
+        $t = htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars($t)));
+        // in this case we don't want to convert BBcode to HTML
+        // because there might be unclosed tags
+    } else {
+        $t = htmlspecialchars(bb2html($post->content, true));
+    }
     echo "<item>
     <title>".strip_tags($thread->title)."</title>
     <link>$unique_url</link>
     <guid isPermaLink=\"true\">$unique_url</guid>
-    <description>".htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars(substr($post->content,0,255)))." . . .</description>
+    <description>$t</description>
     <pubDate>$post_date</pubDate>
 </item>
 ";