Post installation

Ok, so i changed the setting for how comments are handled by using administer/comments/configure
and changed it to..

Default display mode - Flat list - Expanded
Date - Oldest 1st

Now when i save these options Drupal in 4.6 it seems to ignore them completely and continue handling them as the default of Threaded list - Exapnded and Newest post 1st.

Is there a way i can force these settings?

My site exists as a community site that allows people to find each other based on all kinds of criteria. Obviously, I'm going to make very in depth profiles for them, but once the profiles are there, how can I create a kind of "advanced user search" so that they can search based on items in the profiles?

Or am I simply not seeing where it is?

I have plenty of coding experience if that makes a difference.

I am using the xmlrpc.php file on my website to send podcast update posts to my site. Everything worked fine for the past month and then suddenly I got this error from audioblog when trying to set up the Xmlrpc:

Oops!System Error: Unable to connect to blog service (code: C -- Didn't receive 200 OK from remote server.).

I've tried putting a new xml-rpc file in my root, didn't help.

Can someone contact me and tell me what I need to do to fix this cause this is really frustrating and I can't find anyone else that has the same problem?

I just installed CivicSpace 0.8.3.3 (Drupal 4.6.6) and would like to add a field for zip code to the New User Registration page (/user/register). Does anyone know where in the administration settings I would go to change the fields on this form?

Anyone who has a nice snippet that gives me a list of all usernames and a link to their blog?

I installed form_mail, but I am not sure if I installed it properly. And if I did, how do I actually use it on my contact form. Please help!