here, one of the admins should add this bit of code to the bit of the showthread template:

<tr>
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><largefont>Posting Options</largefont></td>
<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><smallfont>
<input type="checkbox" name="parseurl" value="yes" checked> <b>Auto-parse URLs</b>  
<input type="checkbox" name="email" value="yes"> <b>Email Notification</b>  
<input type="checkbox" name="disablesmilies" value="yes"> <b>Disable Smilies</b>  
<input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="yes" checked> <b>Show Signature</b>
</smallfont></td>
</tr>
above this code:

</table
</td></tr></table>
</form>
</td></tr></table>
youll also want to remove this:

<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes" checked>
which is found right below the code for the post button.

originally i thought making quick reply as small as possible was the best idea, but then i realised people actually use that stuff. so yeah.