diff --git a/GameEngine/Database.php b/GameEngine/Database.php
index 79a4f090..c7788331 100755
--- a/GameEngine/Database.php
+++ b/GameEngine/Database.php
@@ -2268,8 +2268,8 @@ class MYSQLi_DB implements IDbConnection {
 					'%$alliance,%'
 				OR
 					display_to_alliances 
-				LIKE
-					'%$alliance%'
+				=
+					'$alliance'
 				OR
 					display_to_users
 				LIKE 
@@ -2284,8 +2284,8 @@ class MYSQLi_DB implements IDbConnection {
 					'%$uid,%'
 				OR
 					display_to_users 
-				LIKE 
-					'%$uid%'
+				= 
+					'$uid'
 				";
 		$result = mysqli_query($this->dblink, $q);
 		if(!empty($result)){
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ class MYSQLi_DB implements IDbConnection {
         list($id) = $this->escape_input($id);
 
 		$q = "SELECT alliance from " . TB_PREFIX . "forum_cat where id = $id LIMIT 1";
-		$result = mysqli_query($this->dblink,$q);
+		$result = mysqli_query($this->dblink, $q);
 		$dbarray = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
 		return $dbarray['alliance'];
 	}
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_4.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_4.tpl
index b1b71216..5215ad56 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_4.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_4.tpl
@@ -84,8 +84,12 @@ echo '<tr>
 }
 ?>
 	</tbody></table><p>
+	<?php 
+	if($forumData['forum_area'] != 3 || ($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && $opt['opt5'] == 1)){
+	?>
 	<a href="allianz.php?s=2&pid=<?php echo $aid; ?>&fid=<?php echo $cat_id; ?>&ac=newtopic"><img id="fbtn_post" class="dynamic_img" src="img/x.gif" alt="Post new thread" /></a> 
 <?php
 echo '<a href="allianz.php?s=2&fid='.$cat_id.((isset($_GET['admin']) && !empty($_GET['admin']) && $_GET['admin'] == "switch_admin") ? "" : "&admin=switch_admin").'" title="Toggle Admin mode"><img class="switch_admin dynamic_img" src="img/x.gif" alt="Toggle Admin mode" /></a>';
+	}
 ?>
 	</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_5.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_5.tpl
index 0bd0c3c5..e0086758 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_5.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_5.tpl
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ if($session->access == BANNED){
 	exit;
 }
 
+$cat_id = $_GET['fid'];
+$forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($cat_id));
+
+//Check if we can create the thread or not
+if($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && !$opt['opt5']) $alliance->redirect($_GET);
+
 ?>
 <form method="post" name="post" action="allianz.php?s=2&fid=<?php echo $_GET['fid']; ?>">
 	<input type="hidden" name="newtopic" value="1">
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_6.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_6.tpl
index 1ff6e28c..d1bc4be4 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_6.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_6.tpl
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ foreach($posts as $po){
 </table>
 <div style="margin-top: 15px;">
 <?php
-if(empty($arr['close'])){
+if(!$arr['close'] && ($forumData['forum_area'] != 3 || ($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && $opt['opt5'] == 1))){
 	echo '<a href="allianz.php?s=2&tid='.$arr['id'].'&ac=newpost"><img id="fbtn_reply" class="dynamic_img"src="img/x.gif" alt="Replies" /></a>';
 	echo '<a href="allianz.php?s=2&tid='.$arr['id'].((isset($_GET['admin']) && !empty($_GET['admin']) && $_GET['admin'] == "switch_admin") ? "" : "&admin=switch_admin").'" title="Toggle Admin mode"><img class="switch_admin dynamic_img" src="img/x.gif" alt="Toggle Admin mode" /></a>';
 }
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_7.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_7.tpl
index d25ff323..4653275d 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_7.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/Forum/forum_7.tpl
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ if($session->access == BANNED){
 	
 $tid = $_GET['tid'];
 $topic = reset($database->ShowTopic($tid));
+$forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($topic['cat']));
 
 //Check if we're creating a post for a valid topic
-if(empty($topic)) $alliance->redirect($_GET);
+if(empty($topic) || $topic['close'] == 1 || ($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && !$opt['opt5'])) $alliance->redirect($_GET);
 
 $title = stripslashes($topic['title']);
 
diff --git a/Templates/Alliance/forum.tpl b/Templates/Alliance/forum.tpl
index 1f4b3f9f..9a8be711 100644
--- a/Templates/Alliance/forum.tpl
+++ b/Templates/Alliance/forum.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // # FIX BY RONIX ##
 // # TRAVIANZ ##
 // ###########################################################
-
+//TODO: Rework the whole code of this section...
 if(!isset($aid)){
 	if(isset($_GET['fid']) && !empty($_GET['fid'])) $aid = $database->ForumCatAlliance($_GET['fid']);
 	else if(isset($_GET['fid2']) && !empty($_GET['fid2'])) $aid = $database->ForumCatAlliance($_GET['fid2']);
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ if(isset($_POST['editforum']) &&
 
 if(isset($_POST['newtopic']) && isset($_POST['thema']) && isset($_POST['text']) && isset($_POST['fid'])
    && !empty($_POST['thema']) && !empty($_POST['text']) && !empty($_POST['fid']) &&
-   (($forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($_POST['fid'])))['alliance'] == $session->alliance || 
-   $forumData['forum_area'] == 1 || $alliance->isForumAccessible($_POST['fid'])))
+   ((($forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($_POST['fid'])))['alliance'] == $session->alliance || 
+   $forumData['forum_area'] == 1 || $alliance->isForumAccessible($_POST['fid'])) && 
+   ($forumData['forum_area'] != 3 || ($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && $opt['opt5'] == 1))))
 {
 	$title = $_POST['thema'];
 	$text = $_POST['text'];
@@ -117,8 +118,10 @@ if(isset($_POST['newtopic']) && isset($_POST['thema']) && isset($_POST['text'])
 if(isset($_POST['newpost']) && isset($_POST['text']) && !empty($_POST['text']) &&
    isset($_POST['tid']) && !empty($_POST['tid']) &&
    isset($_POST['fid2']) && !empty($_POST['fid2']) &&
-   (($forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($_POST['fid2'])))['alliance'] == $session->alliance || 
-   $forumData['forum_area'] == 1 || $alliance->isForumAccessible($_POST['fid2'])))
+   ((($forumData = reset($database->ForumCatEdit($_POST['fid2'])))['alliance'] == $session->alliance || 
+   $forumData['forum_area'] == 1 || $alliance->isForumAccessible($_POST['fid2'])) &&
+   (($forumData['forum_area'] != 3 && !reset($database->ShowTopic($_POST['tid']))['close'])
+   || ($forumData['forum_area'] == 3 && $opt['opt5'] == 1))))
 {
    	$text = $_POST['text'];
 	$tids = $_POST['tid'];