some items committed to 1.4.6 that should have gone into 1.4.5
fix #429

And fix some other dangling issues with the recent form changes.
One more bare asterix
fix #427
fix #428
more fixes for #429
#429
#429
fix #431
fix some css issues somehow introduced into garland theme
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/1.4.5' into 1.4.6