diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index e13c3303f5..927bf4e8ab 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
  <ul id="adminmenu2"> 
   <li><a href="options-general.php">General</a></li> 
   <li><a href="options-writing.php">Writing</a></li> 
+  <li><a href="options-reading.php">Reading</a></li>
   <li><a class="current">Discussion</a></li> 
   <?php
     //we need to iterate through the available option groups.
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
   <h2>Discussion Options</h2> 
   <form name="form1" method="post" action="options.php"> 
     <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
-    <input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'default_pingback_flag','default_ping_status','default_comment_status','use_smilies','comments_notify','moderation_notify','comment_moderation','moderation_keys'" /> 
+    <input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'default_pingback_flag','default_ping_status','default_comment_status','comments_notify','moderation_notify','comment_moderation','moderation_keys'" /> 
     <p>Usual settings for an article: <em>(These settings may be overidden for individual articles.)</em></p> 
     <ul> 
       <li> 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
       </li> 
       <li> 
         <label for="default_comment_status"> 
-        <input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('default_comment_status')); ?> /> 
+        <input name="default_comment_status" type="checkbox" id="default_comment_status" value="open" <?php checked('open', get_settings('default_comment_status')); ?> /> 
         Allow people to post comments on the article</label> 
       </li> 
     </ul> 
@@ -104,8 +105,12 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
       <li> 
         <label for="comment_moderation"> 
         <input name="comment_moderation" type="checkbox" id="comment_moderation" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('comment_moderation')); ?> /> 
-        An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below) </label> 
+        An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below) </label>
       </li> 
+      <li>
+      	<input type="checkbox" name="require_name_email" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('require_name_email')); ?> />
+      	User must fill out name and email 
+</li>
     </ul> 
     <p>When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URI, or email, hold it in the moderation queue: (Seperate multiple words with new lines.)</p> 
     <p> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-general.php b/wp-admin/options-general.php
index c663fa5e1b..7979d0203e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
  <ul id="adminmenu2"> 
  	<li><a class="current">General</a></li>
 	<li><a href="options-writing.php">Writing</a></li>
+	<li><a href="options-reading.php">Reading</a></li>
 	<li><a href="options-discussion.php">Discussion</a></li>
   <?php
     //we need to iterate through the available option groups.
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
index 53f2a43bc0..8f008458b2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ default:
 	}
 ?>
  <ul id="adminmenu2"> 
+ <li><a href="options-general.php">General</a></li>
+	<li><a href="options-writing.php">Writing</a></li>
+	<li><a href="options-reading.php">Reading</a></li> 
+	<li><a href="options-discussion.php">Discussion</a></li>
   <?php
     //we need to iterate through the available option groups.
     $option_groups = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT group_id, group_name, group_desc, group_longdesc FROM $tableoptiongroups ORDER BY group_id");
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ default:
         }
     } // end for each group
 ?> 
-  <li class="last"><a href="options-permalink.php">Permalinks</a></li> 
+  <li class="last"><a class="current">Permalinks</a></li> 
 </ul> 
 <br clear="all" /> 
 <div class="wrap"> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f7fe07bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?php
+$title = 'Discussion Options';
+
+function add_magic_quotes($array) {
+	foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
+		if (is_array($v)) {
+			$array[$k] = add_magic_quotes($v);
+		} else {
+			$array[$k] = addslashes($v);
+		}
+	}
+	return $array;
+}
+
+if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
+	$HTTP_GET_VARS    = add_magic_quotes($HTTP_GET_VARS);
+	$HTTP_POST_VARS   = add_magic_quotes($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+	$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS = add_magic_quotes($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);
+}
+
+$wpvarstoreset = array('action','standalone', 'option_group_id');
+for ($i=0; $i<count($wpvarstoreset); $i += 1) {
+	$wpvar = $wpvarstoreset[$i];
+	if (!isset($$wpvar)) {
+		if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["$wpvar"])) {
+			if (empty($HTTP_GET_VARS["$wpvar"])) {
+				$$wpvar = '';
+			} else {
+				$$wpvar = $HTTP_GET_VARS["$wpvar"];
+			}
+		} else {
+			$$wpvar = $HTTP_POST_VARS["$wpvar"];
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+require_once('optionhandler.php');
+
+
+$standalone = 0;
+include_once('admin-header.php');
+if ($user_level <= 3) {
+	die("You have do not have sufficient permissions to edit the options for this blog.");
+}
+?>
+ <ul id="adminmenu2"> 
+	<li><a href="options-general.php">General</a></li> 
+	<li><a href="options-writing.php">Writing</a></li> 
+	<li><a class="current">Reading</a></li> 
+	<li><a href="options-discussion.php">Discussion</a></li> 
+	<?php
+    //we need to iterate through the available option groups.
+    $option_groups = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT group_id, group_name, group_desc, group_longdesc FROM $tableoptiongroups ORDER BY group_id");
+    foreach ($option_groups as $option_group) {
+        if ($option_group->group_id == $option_group_id) {
+            $current_desc=$option_group->group_desc;
+            $current_long_desc = $option_group->group_longdesc;
+            echo("  <li><a id=\"current2\" href=\"options.php?option_group_id={$option_group->group_id}\" title=\"{$option_group->group_desc}\">{$option_group->group_name}</a></li>\n");
+        } else {
+            echo("  <li><a href=\"options.php?option_group_id={$option_group->group_id}\" title=\"{$option_group->group_desc}\">{$option_group->group_name}</a></li>\n");
+        }
+    } // end for each group
+?> 
+	<li class="last"><a href="options-permalink.php">Permalinks</a></li> 
+</ul> 
+<br clear="all" /> 
+<div class="wrap"> 
+	<h2>Reading Options</h2> 
+	<form name="form1" method="post" action="options.php"> 
+		<input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" /> 
+		<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="'posts_per_page','what_to_show','rss_use_excerpt','blog_charset','gzipcompression' " /> 
+		<fieldset> 
+		<legend>Front Page</legend> 
+		<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
+			<tr valign="top"> 
+				<th width="33%" scope="row">Show the most recent:</th> 
+				<td><input name="posts_per_page" type="text" id="posts_per_page" value="<?php echo get_settings('posts_per_page'); ?>" size="3" /> 
+					<select name="what_to_show" id="what_to_show" > 
+						<option value="days" <?php selected('days', get_settings('what_to_show')); ?>>days</option> 
+						<option value="posts" <?php selected('posts', get_settings('what_to_show')); ?>>posts</option> 
+						<option value="paged" <?php selected('paged', get_settings('what_to_show')); ?>>posts paged</option> 
+					</select> </td> 
+			</tr> 
+		</table> 
+		</fieldset> 
+
+		<fieldset> 
+		<legend>Syndication Feeds</legend> 
+		<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
+			<tr valign="top"> 
+				<th width="33%" scope="row">Show the most recent:</th> 
+				<td><input name="posts_per_rss" type="text" id="posts_per_rss" value="<?php echo get_settings('posts_per_rss'); ?>" size="3" /> 
+					posts </td> 
+			</tr>
+			<tr valign="top">
+				<th scope="row"> For each article, show: </th>
+				<td><label>
+					<input name="rss_use_excerpt"  type="radio" value="0" <?php checked(0, get_settings('rss_use_excerpt')); ?>  />
+					full text</label>					<br>
+					<label>
+					<input name="rss_use_excerpt" type="radio" value="1" <?php checked(1, get_settings('rss_use_excerpt')); ?> />
+					summary</label> </td>
+			</tr> 
+		</table> 
+		</fieldset> 
+				<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
+			<tr valign="top"> 
+				<th width="33%" scope="row"> Encoding for pages and feeds:</th> 
+				<td><input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="<?php echo get_settings('blog_charset'); ?>" size="20" class="code" />
+                    <br />
+The character encoding you write your blog in (UTF-8 recommended<a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos8/TextIntlSvcs/TextEncodingConversionManager/TEC1.5/TEC.b0.html"></a>)</td> 
+			</tr>
+		</table> 
+		<p>
+			<label>
+			<input type="checkbox" name="gzipcompression" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('gzipcompression')); ?> /> 
+			WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them</label>
+		</p>
+		<p style="text-align: right;"> 
+			<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Options" /> 
+		</p> 
+	</form> 
+</div> 
+<?php include("admin-footer.php") ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-writing.php b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
index 2724fc6915..bca114a3ec 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-writing.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-$title = 'Writing Options';
+$title = 'Reading Options';
 
 function add_magic_quotes($array) {
 	foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ if ($user_level <= 3) {
  <ul id="adminmenu2"> 
   <li><a href="options-general.php">General</a></li> 
   <li><a class="current">Writing</a></li> 
+  <li><a href="options-reading.php">Reading</a></li> 
   <li><a href="options-discussion.php">Discussion</a></li>
   <?php
     //we need to iterate through the available option groups.
@@ -94,12 +95,6 @@ Advanced controls</label>
   <input name="use_balanceTags" type="checkbox" id="label2" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('use_balanceTags')); ?> />
   WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically</label></td>
       </tr>
-      <tr valign="top"> 
-        <th scope="row">Character Encoding: </th> 
-        <td><input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="<?php echo get_settings('blog_charset'); ?>" size="20" class="code" /> 
-          <br /> 
-          The character encoding you write your blog in (UTF-8 recommended<a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos8/TextIntlSvcs/TextEncodingConversionManager/TEC1.5/TEC.b0.html"></a>)</td> 
-      </tr> 
     </table> 
     <fieldset>
 	<legend>Update Services</legend>
diff --git a/wp-admin/options.php b/wp-admin/options.php
index 77b690be89..b0f7f0f66a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options.php
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ case 'update':
 
     $options = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $tableoptions.option_id, option_name, option_type, option_value, option_admin_level FROM $tableoptions WHERE option_name IN ($option_names)");
 //	die(var_dump($options));
+
+// HACK
+// Options that if not there have 0 value but need to be something like "closed"
+$nonbools = array('default_ping_status', 'default_comment_status');
     if ($options) {
         foreach ($options as $option) {
             // should we even bother checking?
@@ -71,21 +75,16 @@ case 'update':
                 $old_val = stripslashes($option->option_value);
                 $new_val = $_POST[$option->option_name];
 				if (!$new_val) $new_val = 0;
-
-                if ($new_val != $old_val) {
-                    // get type and validate
-                    $msg = validate_option($option, $this_name, $new_val);
-                    if ($msg == '') {
-                        //no error message
-                        $result = $wpdb->query("UPDATE $tableoptions SET option_value = '$new_val' WHERE option_id = $option->option_id");
-                        if (!$result) {
-                            $db_errors .= " SQL error while saving $this_name. ";
-                        } else {
-                            ++$any_changed;
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        $validation_message .= $msg;
-                    }
+				if( in_array($option->option_name, $nonbools) && $new_val == 0 ) $new_value = 'closed';
+                if ($new_val !== $old_val) {
+					$query = "UPDATE $tableoptions SET option_value = '$new_val' WHERE option_id = $option->option_id";
+					$result = $wpdb->query($query);
+					//if( in_array($option->option_name, $nonbools)) die('boo'.$query);
+					if (!$result) {
+						$db_errors .= " SQL error while saving $this_name. ";
+					} else {
+						++$any_changed;
+					}
                 }
             }
         } // end foreach
@@ -142,6 +141,9 @@ if ($non_was_selected) { // no group pre-selected, display opening page
 ?>
 <ul id="adminmenu2">
 <li><a href="options-general.php">General</a></li>
+	<li><a href="options-writing.php">Writing</a></li>
+	<li><a href="options-reading.php">Reading</a></li> 
+	<li><a href="options-discussion.php">Discussion</a></li>
 <?php
     //Iterate through the available option groups.
     $option_groups = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT group_id, group_name, group_desc, group_longdesc FROM $tableoptiongroups ORDER BY group_id");
diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php b/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php
index 23b69f0928..5d7f87a83e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ function upgrade_110() {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tableoptiongroups WHERE group_id = 1");
+	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tableoptiongroups WHERE group_id = 2");
+	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tableoptiongroups WHERE group_id = 3");
 	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tableoptiongroups WHERE group_id = 6");
 	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $tableoptiongroups WHERE group_id = 7");