diff --git a/includes/titleranks-add.php b/includes/titleranks-add.php
index 30dc1bf..6ccef1e 100644
--- a/includes/titleranks-add.php
+++ b/includes/titleranks-add.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
 	echo '<tr><td>' . $stnid . '<td>' . $tnid . '</td><td>' . $stname . '</td><td>' . number_format($stpoints) . '</td><td>' . $strank . '</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="editstitle[]" value="' . $stnid . '"></td></tr>';
 }
 $stmtview->close();
+$_SESSION['tid'] = $_POST['tid'];
 echo '</table><br /><input type="hidden" name="title" value="modsubtitle"><input type="submit" value="Edit selected titles"></form><br />If anything looks off, please fix it!<br /><br />';
 echo 'Return to <a href="titlemanager.php" class="navlink">title manager</a>';
 ?>
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diff --git a/includes/titleranks-editor.php b/includes/titleranks-editor.php
index 4b748e4..1bad404 100644
--- a/includes/titleranks-editor.php
+++ b/includes/titleranks-editor.php
@@ -1,4 +1,45 @@
 <?php
-echo 'code to mod title ranks via an include goes here<br /><br />';
+
+# delete this block when shit finally works.
+ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+# delete the above when shit finally works
+
+$tid = $_SESSION['tid'];
+echo 'the session tid number is: <b>' . $_SESSION['tid'] . '</b><br />';
+
+$stid = array();
+foreach ($_POST['editstitle'] as $tredit) {
+	$stid[] = (int)$tredit;
+}
+$stid = implode(',', $stid);
+echo 'the value of stid is now: ' . $stid . '<br />';
+$sredit = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM gwsubtitles WHERE titlenameid = ? AND stnameid IN (?)");
+$sredit->bind_param("is", $tid, $stid);
+$sredit->execute();
+$sredit->store_result();
+$sredit->bind_result($gwtid, $gwstid);
+while ($sredit->fetch()) {
+	echo 'farts <br />';
+}
+$sredit->free_result();
+$sredit->close();
+
+// keep this section
+/* if (isset($_POST['editstitle'])) {
+	$sredit = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM gwsubtitles WHERE stnameid = ? AND titlenameid = ?");
+	foreach ($_POST['editstitle'] as $tredit) {
+		$sredit->bind_param("ii", $tid, $tredit);
+		$sredit->execute();
+		$sredit->store_result();
+		$sredit->bindresult(
+		echo 'the value is: <b>' . $tredit . '</b><br />';
+	}
+} else {
+	echo 'nothing is set?? <br />';
+}
+*/
+echo '<br />code to mod title ranks via an include goes here<br /><br />';
 echo 'Return to <a href="titlemanager.php" class="navlink">title manager</a>';
 ?>
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diff --git a/titlemanager.php b/titlemanager.php
index ccdc32e..88c8c7c 100644
--- a/titlemanager.php
+++ b/titlemanager.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if ($_SESSION['admin'] == 1) {
 		echo 'Modify titles <form action="titlemanager.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="title" value="modtitle"><select name="tid" onchange="this.form.submit()"><option selected disabled>Select title</option>';
 		include ('includes/title-select.php');
 		echo '</select><noscript><input type="submit" value="Modify Title"></noscript></form><br /><br />';
-		echo 'Add title ranks and points to <form action="titlemanager" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="title" value="addsubtitle"><select name="tid" onchange="this.form.submit()"><option selected disabled>Add title rank(s)</option>';
+		echo 'Add title ranks and points to <form action="titlemanager.php" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="title" value="addsubtitle"><select name="tid" onchange="this.form.submit()"><option selected disabled>Add title rank(s)</option>';
         include ('includes/title-select.php');
         echo '</select><noscript><input type="submit" value="Add title rank"></noscript></form><br /><br />';
 		// now to view the last 5 title entries in the database