diff --git a/static/js/Editor.js b/static/js/Editor.js
index a0768b3..94c6ce7 100644
--- a/static/js/Editor.js
+++ b/static/js/Editor.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ GECKO = /Gecko/.test( navigator.userAgent ) && !/like Gecko/.test( navigator.use
 WEBKIT = /WebKit/.test( navigator.userAgent );
 
 
-function Editor( id, notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_write, startup, highlight, focus, position_after, start_dirty ) {
+function Editor( id, notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_write, startup, highlight, focus, position_after, start_dirty, own_notes_only ) {
   this.id = id;
   this.notebook_id = notebook_id;
   this.initial_text = note_text;
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function Editor( id, notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_wri
   this.revision = revision;
   this.user_revisions = new Array(); // cache for this note's list of revisions, loaded from the server on-demand
   this.read_write = read_write;      // whether the user has read-write access to this Editor
+  this.own_notes_only = own_notes_only; // whether the user only has read-write access to their own notes
   this.edit_enabled = read_write && !deleted_from_id; // whether editing is actually enabled for this Editor
   this.startup = startup || false;   // whether this Editor is for a startup note
   this.init_highlight = highlight || false;
@@ -65,18 +66,20 @@ function Editor( id, notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_wri
       } );
       connect( this.changes_button, "onclick", function ( event ) { signal( self, "changes_clicked", event ); } );
 
-      this.options_button = createDOM( "input", {
-        "type": "button",
-        "class": "note_button",
-        "id": "options_" + iframe_id,
-        "value": "options",
-        "title": "note options"
-      } );
-      connect( this.options_button, "onclick", function ( event ) { signal( self, "options_clicked", event ); } );
+      if ( !own_notes_only ) {
+        this.options_button = createDOM( "input", {
+          "type": "button",
+          "class": "note_button",
+          "id": "options_" + iframe_id,
+          "value": "options",
+          "title": "note options"
+        } );
+        connect( this.options_button, "onclick", function ( event ) { signal( self, "options_clicked", event ); } );
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  if ( !this.deleted_from_id && ( read_write || !startup ) ) {
+  if ( !this.deleted_from_id && ( read_write || !startup ) && !own_notes_only ) {
     this.hide_button = createDOM( "input", {
       "type": "button",
       "class": "note_button",
diff --git a/static/js/Wiki.js b/static/js/Wiki.js
index 3019486..8d7a48d 100644
--- a/static/js/Wiki.js
+++ b/static/js/Wiki.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ function Wiki( invoker ) {
   else
     this.total_notes_count = null;
 
-  this.note_tree = new Note_tree( this, this.notebook_id, this.invoker );
+  if ( getElement( "note_tree_root_table" ) )
+    this.note_tree = new Note_tree( this, this.notebook_id, this.invoker );
   this.recent_notes = new Recent_notes( this, this.notebook_id, this.invoker );
 
   // grab the current notebook from the list of available notebooks
@@ -318,7 +319,8 @@ Wiki.prototype.populate = function ( startup_notes, current_notes, note_read_wri
     connect( window, "onunload", function ( event ) { self.editor_focused( null, true ); } );
     connect( "newNote", "onclick", this, "create_blank_editor" );
     connect( "createLink", "onclick", this, "toggle_link_button" );
-    connect( "attachFile", "onclick", this, "toggle_attach_button" );
+    if ( this.notebook.read_write == NOTEBOOK_READ_WRITE )
+      connect( "attachFile", "onclick", this, "toggle_attach_button" );
     connect( "bold", "onclick", function ( event ) { self.toggle_button( event, "bold" ); } );
     connect( "italic", "onclick", function ( event ) { self.toggle_button( event, "italic" ); } );
     connect( "underline", "onclick", function ( event ) { self.toggle_button( event, "underline" ); } );
@@ -329,7 +331,8 @@ Wiki.prototype.populate = function ( startup_notes, current_notes, note_read_wri
 
     this.make_image_button( "newNote", "new_note" );
     this.make_image_button( "createLink", "link" );
-    this.make_image_button( "attachFile", "attach" );
+    if ( this.notebook.read_write == NOTEBOOK_READ_WRITE )
+      this.make_image_button( "attachFile", "attach" );
     this.make_image_button( "bold" );
     this.make_image_button( "italic" );
     this.make_image_button( "underline" );
@@ -737,12 +740,14 @@ Wiki.prototype.parse_loaded_editor = function ( result, note_title, requested_re
 Wiki.prototype.create_editor = function ( id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, creation, read_write, highlight, focus, position_after, user_id ) {
   var self = this;
   var dirty = false;
+  var own_note_only = false;
 
   if ( read_write == NOTEBOOK_READ_ONLY )
     read_write = false;
   else if ( read_write == NOTEBOOK_READ_WRITE )
     read_write = true;
   else if ( read_write == NOTEBOOK_READ_WRITE_FOR_OWN_NOTES ) {
+    own_notes_only = true;
     if ( user_id == this.user.object_id )
       read_write = true;
     else
@@ -780,7 +785,7 @@ Wiki.prototype.create_editor = function ( id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revisi
   }
 
   var startup = this.startup_notes[ id ];
-  var editor = new Editor( id, this.notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_write, startup, highlight, focus, position_after, dirty );
+  var editor = new Editor( id, this.notebook_id, note_text, deleted_from_id, revision, read_write, startup, highlight, focus, position_after, dirty, own_notes_only );
 
   if ( this.notebook.read_write ) {
     connect( editor, "state_changed", this, "editor_state_changed" );
@@ -1165,6 +1170,9 @@ Wiki.prototype.connect_image_button = function ( button, filename_prefix ) {
 
 Wiki.prototype.down_image_button = function ( name ) {
   var button = getElement( name );
+  if ( !button )
+    return;
+
   var toolbar_image_dir = this.get_toolbar_image_dir( button.always_small );
 
   if ( !this.resize_toolbar_button( button ) && /_down/.test( button.src ) )
@@ -1174,11 +1182,13 @@ Wiki.prototype.down_image_button = function ( name ) {
     button.src = toolbar_image_dir + button.filename_prefix + "_button_down_hover.png";
   else
     button.src = toolbar_image_dir + button.filename_prefix + "_button_down.png";
-
 }
 
 Wiki.prototype.up_image_button = function ( name ) {
   var button = getElement( name );
+  if ( !button )
+    return;
+
   var toolbar_image_dir = this.get_toolbar_image_dir( button.always_small );
 
   if ( !this.resize_toolbar_button( button ) && !/_down/.test( button.src ) )
@@ -1192,6 +1202,9 @@ Wiki.prototype.up_image_button = function ( name ) {
 
 Wiki.prototype.toggle_image_button = function ( name ) {
   var button = getElement( name );
+  if ( !button )
+    return;
+
   var toolbar_image_dir = this.get_toolbar_image_dir( button.always_small );
 
   if ( /_down/.test( button.src ) ) {
@@ -2545,7 +2558,11 @@ Wiki.prototype.delete_all_editors = function ( event ) {
   }
 
   this.zero_total_notes_count();
-  removeElement( "note_tree_root_table" );
+
+  var note_tree_root_table = getElement( "note_tree_root_table" );
+  if ( note_tree_root_table )
+    removeElement( note_tree_root_table );
+
   this.display_empty_message( true );
 
   event.stop();
diff --git a/view/Link_area.py b/view/Link_area.py
index 042312e..874fd18 100644
--- a/view/Link_area.py
+++ b/view/Link_area.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Link_area( Div ):
           id = u"this_notebook_area",
         ),
 
-        Div(
+        ( not forum_tag ) and Div(
           ( len( linked_notebooks ) > 0 ) and H4(
             u"notebooks",
             Img(
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Link_area( Div ):
             class_ = u"link_area_item",
           ) for nb in linked_notebooks ],
           id = u"notebooks_area"
-        ),
+        ) or None,
 
         ( user.username is None and notebook_path != "/" ) and P(
           A( u"Download", href = u"/download", class_ = u"hook_action"  ),
diff --git a/view/Main_page.py b/view/Main_page.py
index 902b66e..4e5afb0 100644
--- a/view/Main_page.py
+++ b/view/Main_page.py
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ class Main_page( Page ):
         Div(
           Note_tree_area(
             Toolbar(
-              hide_toolbar = parent_id or notebook.read_write == Notebook.READ_ONLY
+              notebook,
+              hide_toolbar = parent_id or notebook.read_write == Notebook.READ_ONLY,
+              note_word = ( notebook.read_write == Notebook.READ_WRITE_FOR_OWN_NOTES ) and u"post" or u"note",
             ),
             notebook,
             root_notes,
diff --git a/view/Note_tree_area.py b/view/Note_tree_area.py
index 5609c74..bf59d96 100644
--- a/view/Note_tree_area.py
+++ b/view/Note_tree_area.py
@@ -6,18 +6,28 @@ class Note_tree_area( Div ):
   LINK_PATTERN = re.compile( u'<a\s+(?:[^>]+\s)?href="[^"]+"[^>]*>', re.IGNORECASE )
 
   def __init__( self, toolbar, notebook, root_notes, recent_notes, total_notes_count ):
+    tags = [ tag for tag in notebook.tags if tag.name == u"forum" ]
+
+    if tags:
+      forum_name = tags[ 0 ].value
+      forum_tag = True
+    else:
+      forum_name = None
+      forum_tag = False
+
     Div.__init__(
       self,
       toolbar,
       Div(
-        H4( u"notes",
+        H4(
+          forum_tag and u"posts" or u"notes",
           Span(
             Span( total_notes_count, id = u"total_notes_count" ), u"total",
             class_ = u"small_text link_area_item",
           ),
           id = u"note_tree_area_title",
-        ),
-        self.make_tree(
+        ) or None,
+        ( not forum_tag ) and self.make_tree(
           [ self.make_item(
             title = note.title,
             link_attributes = u'href="/notebooks/%s?note_id=%s"' % ( notebook.object_id, note.object_id ),
@@ -31,8 +41,8 @@ class Note_tree_area( Div ):
             class_ = ( ( len( root_notes ) > 0 ) and u"undisplayed" or u"" ),
           ) ) or None,
           tree_id = "note_tree_root_table",
-        ),
-        ( recent_notes is not None and notebook.name != u"trash" ) and Span(
+        ) or None,
+        ( not forum_tag and recent_notes is not None and notebook.name != u"trash" ) and Span(
           H4( u"recent updates",
             id = u"recent_notes_area_title",
           ),
diff --git a/view/Toolbar.py b/view/Toolbar.py
index 8ceae44..2027b1d 100644
--- a/view/Toolbar.py
+++ b/view/Toolbar.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 from Tags import P, Div, A, Input, Span, Br
+from model.Notebook import Notebook
 
 
 class Toolbar( Div ):
-  def __init__( self, hide_toolbar = False ):
+  def __init__( self, notebook, hide_toolbar = False, note_word = None ):
     Div.__init__(
       self,
       Div(
         P(
           Div( Input(
             type = u"image",
-            id = u"newNote", title = u"new note [ctrl-N]",
+            id = u"newNote", title = u"new %s [ctrl-N]" % ( note_word or u"note" ),
             src = u"/static/images/toolbar/new_note_button.png",
             width = u"40", height = u"40",
             class_ = "image_button",
@@ -21,13 +22,14 @@ class Toolbar( Div ):
             width = u"40", height = u"40",
             class_ = "image_button",
           ) ),
-          Div( Input(
+          # Notebook.READ_WRITE_FOR_OWN_NOTES should not have a file upload button
+          ( notebook.read_write == Notebook.READ_WRITE ) and Div( Input(
             type = u"image",
             id = u"attachFile", title = u"attach file or image",
             src = u"/static/images/toolbar/attach_button.png",
             width = u"40", height = u"40",
             class_ = "image_button",
-          ) ),
+          ) ) or None,
         ),
         P(
           Div( Input(