diff --git a/admin/adminAppQueue.php b/admin/adminAppQueue.php
index d7123d2..6d22c45 100644
--- a/admin/adminAppQueue.php
+++ b/admin/adminAppQueue.php
@@ -186,13 +186,20 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
                 echo '</td></tr>',"\n";
             }
         }
+
         //url
+        // FIXME: don't display this field for appversion
         echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App URL</b></td>',"\n";
         echo '<td><input type=text name="queueURL" value="'.stripslashes($ob->queueURL).'" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";
         
         //desc
+?>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="./application.css" type="text/css">
+<!-- load HTMLArea -->
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../htmlarea/htmlarea_loader.js"></script>
+<?php
         echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App Desc</b></td>',"\n";
-        echo '<td><textarea name="queueDesc" rows=10 cols=35>'.stripslashes($ob->queueDesc).'</textarea></td></tr>',"\n";
+        echo '<td><p style="width:700px"><textarea  cols="80" rows="20" id="editor" name="queueDesc">'.stripslashes($ob->queueDesc).'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
         
         //email message text
         if ($ob->queueEmail)
@@ -249,8 +256,6 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
                 $aInsert = compile_insert_string( array('appId' => $_REQUEST['appParent'],
                                                         'versionName' => $_REQUEST['queueVersion'],
                                                         'description' => $_REQUEST['queueDesc'],
-                                                        'webPage' => $_REQUEST['queueURL'],
-                                                        'keywords' => "",
                                                         'maintainer_rating' => "",
                                                         'maintainer_release' =>  ""));
                 if (query_appdb("INSERT INTO `appVersion` ({$aInsert['FIELDS']}) VALUES ({$aInsert['VALUES']})"))
@@ -277,8 +282,6 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
                 $aInsert = compile_insert_string( array('appId' => $_REQUEST['appParent'],
                                                         'versionName' => $_REQUEST['queueVersion'],
                                                         'description' => $_REQUEST['queueDesc'],
-                                                        'webPage' => $_REQUEST['queueURL'],
-                                                        'keywords' => "",
                                                         'maintainer_rating' => "",
                                                         'maintainer_release' =>  ""));
 
@@ -304,16 +307,20 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
         }
         
         //Send Status Email
-        if ($ob->queueEmail && $goodtogo)
+        if($_REQUEST['type'] == 'ver')
         {
-            $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent'])." Version: ".lookupVersionName($_REQUEST['appVersion']);
-             
-            $sSubject =  "Application Database Status Report";
-            $sMsg  = "Your application: ".$sFullAppName." has been entered ";
-            $sMsg .= "into the application database.\r\n";
-            $sMsg .= APPDB_ROOT."appview.php?appId=".$_REQUEST['appParent']."&versionId=".$_REQUEST['appVersion']."\r\n";
+            $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent'])." ".lookupVersionName($_REQUEST['appVersion']);
+            $sUrl = APPDB_ROOT."appview.php?versionId=".$_REQUEST['appVersion'];
+        } else 
+        {
+            $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent']);
+            $sUrl = APPDB_ROOT."appview.php?appId=".$_REQUEST['appParent'];
+        }
+        $sSubject =  $sFullAppName." has been added into the AppDB";
+        $sMsg  = $sUrl."\n";
+        if ($ob->queueEmail && $goodtogo)
+        {   
             $sMsg .= $emailtext;
-
             mail_appdb($ob->queueEmail, $sSubject ,$sMsg);
         }
         if ($goodtogo)
@@ -321,18 +328,11 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
             $sEmail = get_notify_email_address_list($_REQUEST['appParent'], $_REQUEST['appVersion']);
             if($sEmail)
             {
-                $sFullAppName = "Application: ".lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent']).
-                    " Version: ".lookupVersionName($_REQUEST['appVersion']);
-                $sSubject = "New ".$sFullAppName;
-                $sMsg  = APPDB_ROOT."appview.php?appId=".$_REQUEST['appParent']."&versionId=".$_REQUEST['appVersion']."\r\n";
-                $sMsg .= "New Application added to database:\r\n";
-                $sMsg .= $sFullAppName."\r\n";
-    
                 mail_appdb($sEmail, $sSubject ,$sMsg);
             }
         }
         //done
-        addmsg("<a href=".apidb_fullurl("appview.php")."?appId=".$_REQUEST['appParent']."&versionId=".$_REQUEST['appVersion'].">View App</a>", "green");
+        addmsg("<a href=".apidb_fullurl("appview.php")."?appId=".$_REQUEST['appParent'].">View App</a>", "green");
         redirect(apidb_fullurl("admin/adminAppQueue.php"));
         exit;
     }
@@ -348,22 +348,17 @@ if ($_REQUEST['sub'])
         else
         {   
             //Send Status Email
+            if($_REQUEST['type'] == 'ver')
+            {
+                $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent'])." ".lookupVersionName($_REQUEST['appVersion']);
+            } else 
+            {
+                $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent']);
+            }
+            $sSubject =  $sFullAppName." has not been added into the AppDB";
             if ($ob->queueEmail)
             {
-                if($ob->queueCatId == -1) //app version
-                {
-                    $sFullAppName = lookupAppName($_REQUEST['appParent'])." Version: ".$ob->queueVersion;
-                } else
-                {
-                    $sFullAppName = $ob->queueName." Version: ".$ob->queueVersion;
-                }
-            
-                $sSubject =  "Application Database Status Report";
-                $sMsg .= "Your application: ".$sFullAppName." has not been entered ";
-                $sMsg .= "into the application database.\r\n";
-                $sMsg .= "Sorry!\r\n";
-                $sMsg .= $emailtext;
-
+                $sMsg = $emailtext;
                 mail_appdb($ob->queueEmail, $sSubject ,$sMsg);
             }
             //success
diff --git a/admin/editAppVersion.php b/admin/editAppVersion.php
index 2d590a9..96ef8a3 100644
--- a/admin/editAppVersion.php
+++ b/admin/editAppVersion.php
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ if(isset($_REQUEST['submit1']))
                                <br /><span class=\"subtitle\">What was not tested:</span><br />
                                - burning<br />
                                </p>";
-        $oRow->description .= "<p><span class=\"title\">Tested versions</span><br /><table width=\"90%\" border=\"1\">
-                            <thead><tr>
+        $oRow->description .= "<p><span class=\"title\">Tested versions</span><br /><table class=\"historyTable\" width=\"90%\" border=\"1\">
+                            <thead class=\"historyHeader\"><tr>
                             <td>App. version</td><td>Wine version</td><td>Installs?</td><td>Runs?</td><td>Rating</td>
                             </tr></thead>
                             <tbody><tr>
diff --git a/application.css b/application.css
index 10a55f8..e56b7b3 100644
--- a/application.css
+++ b/application.css
@@ -2,25 +2,21 @@
 /* The following styles are used for application description and notes */
 /***********************************************************************/
 
-BODY {
-                     background-color: #FFFFFF;
-                     color: #000000;
-                     font-family: "bitstream vera sans", "verdana", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;
-                     margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
-                     font-size: 12px;
-     }
-
-thead { font-weight: bold }
-
 .title { font-weight: bold; }
 
 .subtitle { text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic; }
 
 .code { font-family: fixed; font-size: 12px; }
 
-table { border: 1px; 
-        font-family: "bitstream vera sans", "verdana", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;
-        font-size: 12px; }
+p {   color: #000000;
+      font-family: "bitstream vera sans", "verdana", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;
+      font-size: 12px;
+   }
+thead.historyHeader { font-weight: bold }
+
+table.historyTable { border: 1px; 
+                     font-family: "bitstream vera sans", "verdana", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;
+                     font-size: 12px; }
 
 td.gold { background-color: #fff600; }
 td.silver { background-color: silver; }
diff --git a/appsubmit.php b/appsubmit.php
index 69b6ed0..ecb0e71 100644
--- a/appsubmit.php
+++ b/appsubmit.php
@@ -103,6 +103,38 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['queueName']))
 #######################################
 else if (isset($_REQUEST['apptype']))
 {
+//FIXME: use absolute path in htmlarea_loader.js to avoid code duplication here
+?>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="./application.css" type="text/css">
+<!-- load HTMLArea -->
+<script type="text/javascript">
+_editor_url = "./htmlarea/";
+_editor_lang = "en";
+function initDocument() {
+    config = new HTMLArea.Config();
+    config.toolbar = [
+                [ "bold", "italic", "underline", "strikethrough", "separator",
+                  "copy", "cut", "paste", "space", "undo", "redo", "separator",
+                  "justifyleft", "justifycenter", "justifyright", "justifyfull", "separator",
+                  "orderedlist", "unorderedlist", "outdent", "indent", "separator",
+                  "forecolor", "hilitecolor", "separator",
+                  "inserthorizontalrule", "createlink", "inserttable" ]
+        ];
+    config.width = 700;
+    var editor = new HTMLArea("editor",config);
+    editor.config.pageStyle = "@import url(./application.css);";
+    editor.registerPlugin(DynamicCSS);
+    editor.generate();
+}
+
+onload = function() {
+    HTMLArea.loadPlugin("DynamicCSS");
+    HTMLArea.init();
+    HTMLArea.onload = initDocument;
+}
+</script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="./htmlarea/htmlarea.js"></script>
+<?php
     // set email field if logged in
     if ($_SESSION['current']->isLoggedIn())
         $email = $_SESSION['current']->sEmail;
@@ -146,12 +178,12 @@ else if (isset($_REQUEST['apptype']))
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0>&nbsp;</td><td>',"\n";
     $x->make_option_list("altvendor","","vendor","vendorId","vendorName");
     echo '</td></tr>',"\n";
-    
+  
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App URL</b></td>',"\n";
     echo '<td><input type=text name="queueURL" value="" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";
-    
-    echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App Desc</b></td>',"\n";
-    echo '<td><textarea name="queueDesc" rows=10 cols=35></textarea></td></tr>',"\n";
+    $sDescription = "<p>Enter description here</p>";
+    echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>Description</b></td>',"\n";
+    echo '<td><p style="width:700px"><textarea cols="80" rows="20" id="editor" name="queueDesc">'.$sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
 
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>Email</b></td>',"\n";
     echo '<td><input type=text name="queueEmail" value="'.$email.'" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";
@@ -182,12 +214,31 @@ else if (isset($_REQUEST['apptype']))
 
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App Version</b></td>',"\n";
     echo '<td><input type=text name="queueVersion" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";
-
-    echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App URL</b></td>',"\n";
-    echo '<td><input type=text name="queueURL" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";
+    $sDescription  = "<p>This is a template; enter version-specific description here</p>";
+    $sDescription .= "<p>
+                               <span class=\"title\">Wine compatibility</span><br />
+                               <span class=\"subtitle\">What works:</span><br />
+                               - settings<br />
+                               - help<br />
+                               <br /><span class=\"subtitle\">What doesn't work:</span><br />
+                               - erasing<br />
+                               <br /><span class=\"subtitle\">What was not tested:</span><br />
+                               - burning<br />
+                               </p>";
+    $oRow->description .= "<p><span class=\"title\">Tested versions</span><br /><table class=\"historyTable\" width=\"90%\" border=\"1\">
+                            <thead class=\"historyHeader\"><tr>
+                            <td>App. version</td><td>Wine version</td><td>Installs?</td><td>Runs?</td><td>Rating</td>
+                            </tr></thead>
+                            <tbody><tr>
+                            <td class=\"gold\">3.23</td><td class=\"gold\">20050111</td><td class=\"gold\">yes</td><td class=\"gold\">yes</td><td class=\"gold\">Gold</td>
+                            </tr><tr>
+                            <td class=\"silver\">3.23</td><td class=\"silver\">20041201</td><td class=\"silver\">yes</td><td class=\"silver\">yes</td><td class=\"silver\">Silver</td>
+                            </tr><tr>
+                            <td class=\"bronze\">3.21</td><td class=\"bronze\">20040615</td><td class=\"bronze\">yes</td><td class=\"bronze\">yes</td><td class=\"bronze\">Bronze</td>
+                            </tr></tbody></table></p><p> <br /> </p>";
 
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>App Desc</b></td>',"\n";
-    echo '<td><textarea name="queueDesc" rows=10 cols=35></textarea></td></tr>',"\n";
+    echo '<td><p style="width:700px"><textarea cols="80" rows="20" id="editor" name="queueDesc">'.$sDescription.'</textarea></p></td></tr>',"\n";
 
     echo '<tr valign=top><td class=color0><b>Email</b></td>',"\n";
     echo '<td><input type=text name="queueEmail" value="'.$email.'" size=20></td></tr>',"\n";