diff --git a/includes/titleranks-editor.php b/includes/titleranks-editor.php
index 1bad404..14d793f 100644
--- a/includes/titleranks-editor.php
+++ b/includes/titleranks-editor.php
@@ -6,40 +6,23 @@ 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 />';
+# $tid = $_SESSION['tid'] = titlenameid from database
+# $stid = $_POST['editstitle'] = stnameid from database and it should return an array of numbers
 
-$stid = array();
-foreach ($_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();
+echo '<form action="titlemanager.php" method="post"><table border="1"><tr><th>stnameid</th><th>titlenameid</th><th>stname</th><th>stpoints</th><th>strank</th></tr>'; //save this line!!!
 
-// 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>' . $tredit . '</b><br />';
-	}
-} else {
-	echo 'nothing is set?? <br />';
+$ph = implode(",", $_POST['editstitle']);
+
+$sredit = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM gwsubtitles WHERE titlenameid = ? AND stnameid IN ($ph)");
+$sredit->bind_param("i", $_SESSION['tid']);
+$sredit->execute();
+$result = $sredit->get_result();
+while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
+	echo '<tr><td><input type="text" readonly size="4" name="stnameid" value="' . $row['stnameid']. '"></td><td><input type="text" readonly size="4" name="titlenameid" value="' . $row['titlenameid'] . '"></td>';
+	echo '<td><input type="text" name="stname" value="' . $row['stname'] . '"></td><td><input type="number" min="1" name="stpoints" value="' . $row['stpoints'] . '"></td>';
+	echo '<td><input type="number" size="4" min="1" max="15" name="strank" value="' . $row['strank'] . '"></td></tr>';
 }
-*/
-echo '<br />code to mod title ranks via an include goes here<br /><br />';
+echo '</table><br /><input type="hidden" name="title" value="updatesubtitle"><input type="submit" value="Modify title rank(s)"></form>';
+echo '<br /><br />';
 echo 'Return to <a href="titlemanager.php" class="navlink">title manager</a>';
 ?>
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diff --git a/includes/titleranks-update.php b/includes/titleranks-update.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00eb256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/titleranks-update.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+echo 'this page will either update the title rank(s) with no human interaction, or<br />';
+echo 'delete the specified title rank(s), but require a verification page!<br /><br />';
+
+echo 'Return to <a href="titlemanager.php" class="navlink">title manager</a>';
+?>
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