function theme_form_element($title, $value, $description = NULL, $id = NULL, $required = FALSE, $error = FALSE) {

  $output  = '<div class="form-item">'."\n";
  $required = $required ? '<span class="form-required" title="'. t('This field is required.') .'">*</span>' : '';

  if ($title) {
    if ($id) {
      $output .= ' <label for="'. form_clean_id($id) .'">'. t('%title: %required', array('%title' => $title, '%required' => $required)) . "</label>\n";
    }
    else {
      $output .= ' <label>'. t('%title: %required', array('%title' => $title, '%required' => $required)) . "</label>\n";
    }
    $output .= " $value\n";
  }
  else
    $output .= t('%value %required', array('%value' =>$value, '%required' => $required)) . "\n";

  if ($description) {
    $output .= ' <div class="description">'. $description ."</div>\n";
  }

  $output .= "</div>\n";

  return $output;
}