Would that make the page wider or the buttons smaller ?                                                                                                                                                                             

No, the forum buttons (all topics, active topics, search etc) are FORUM related.  The shop is not.  A shop button has to be available somewhere like the homepage or top of all pages - not just the forum (simple website navigation - never hide one section inside another irrelevant one)   Yam - i think you've got it there, a back to top button.  I'm happier with that option because a 2nd jumpgate menu shouldnt be added to just the forum (same reason as above).  I'll get onto creating a new button when I can   Scorpio - there's no room for a shop button without removing one of the others, and they're all far more important than a shop button IMO.  Don't need a "jump to bottom" button because that's basically what the post reply button is (jumps to bottom of last page)                                                                                                                                                                             

is this going to happen cos i'm feed up with all the scrolling up i have to do on the Blackberry