diff --git a/wp-admin/b2bookmarklet.php b/wp-admin/b2bookmarklet.php
index 6a24d9297e..75ca19f82b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/b2bookmarklet.php
+++ b/wp-admin/b2bookmarklet.php
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 /* <Bookmarklet> */
 
+function selected($selected, $current) {
+	if ($selected == $current) echo ' selected="selected"';
+}
+
 $mode = 'bookmarklet';
 
 $standalone = 1;
@@ -40,8 +44,6 @@ function launchupload() {
 <style type="text/css">
 <!--
 body {
-	background-image: url('../b2-img/bgbookmarklet3.gif');
-	background-repeat: no-repeat;
 }
 
 textarea,input,select {
@@ -105,81 +107,117 @@ if (($is_gecko) && (!isset($Gecko_bookmarklet_fix))) {
 
 ?>
 <table width="100%" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" width="415">
-<tr>
-<td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
-<td align="left" width="415">
-<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
-<td height="50" width="250" align="left" valign="bottom"><label>Title<br />
-<input type="text" name="post_title" size="20" tabindex="1" style="width: 215px;" value="<?php echo stripslashes($popuptitle) ?>" /></label></td>
-<td width="165" align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Category</b><br /><?php dropdown_categories(); ?></td>
-</table>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr height="40">
-<td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
-<td width="415" align="left" height="40">
-<table width="415" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
-<td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Post</b></td>
-<td align="right" valign="bottom"><?php if ($use_quicktags) include("b2quicktags.php"); ?></td>
-</table>
+  <tr>
+    <td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td align="left" width="415">
+      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+        <td height="50" width="250" align="left" valign="bottom"><label>Title<br />
+          <input type="text" name="post_title" size="20" tabindex="1" style="width: 215px;" value="<?php echo stripslashes($popuptitle) ?>" /></label></td>
+        <td width="165" align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Category</b><br /><?php dropdown_categories(); ?></td>
+      </table>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
+  <tr height="40">
+    <td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td align="left" width="415">
+      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+        <td height="50" width="150" align="left" valign="bottom">
+          <label for="post_status">Post Status:</label>&nbsp;<br />
+          <select name="post_status" id="post_status">
+            <option value="publish"<?php selected($post_status, 'publish'); ?>>Publish</option>
+      			<option value="draft"<?php selected($post_status, 'draft'); ?>>Draft</option>
+      			<option value="private"<?php selected($post_status, 'private'); ?>>Private</option>
+        	</select>
+        </td>
+        <td height="50" width="250" align="left" valign="bottom">
+          <label for="comment_status">Comments:</label>&nbsp;<br />
+          <select name="comment_status" id="comment_status">
+            <option value="open"<?php selected($comment_status, 'open'); ?>>Open</option>
+      			<option value="closed"<?php selected($comment_status, 'closed'); ?>>Closed</option>
+        	</select>
+        </td>
+      </table>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
+  <tr height="40">
+    <td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td align="left" width="415">
+      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+        <td height="50" width="100" align="left" valign="bottom">
+          <label for="ping_status">Pings:</label><br />
+          <select name="ping_status" id="ping_status">
+            <option value="open"<?php selected($ping_status, 'open'); ?>>Open</option>
+      			<option value="closed"<?php selected($ping_status, 'open'); ?>>Closed</option>
+        	</select>
+        </td>
+        <td height="50" width="250" align="left" valign="bottom">
+          <label for="post_password">Post Password:</label><br />
+          <input name="post_password" type="text" id="post_password" value="<?php echo $post_password ?>" />
+        </td>
+      </table>
+    </td>
+	</tr>
+
+  <tr height="40">
+    <td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td width="415" align="left" height="40">
+      <table width="415" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+        <td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Post</b></td>
+        <td align="right" valign="bottom"><?php if ($use_quicktags) include("b2quicktags.php"); ?></td>
+      </table>
 <?php
 if ((preg_match("/Nav/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT)) || (preg_match("/Mozilla\/4\.7/",$HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
 	$rows="6";
 } else {
 	$rows="8";
 } ?>
-
 <?php
-	// stuff to fix textism.com's WEIRD characters conflict with javascript on IE5Mac
-
+// stuff to fix textism.com's WEIRD characters conflict with javascript on IE5Mac
 preg_match("/\%u[1-9A-F][1-9A-F][1-9A-F][1-9A-F]/is", $text, $stufftofix);
-
 // ... and so on. currently coding the fix
-
-
 ?>
-
-<textarea rows="<?php echo $rows ?>" cols="48" style="width:415px;" name="content" tabindex="2" class="postform"><?php echo "<a href=\"$popupurl\">$popuptitle</a>\n$text" ?></textarea><br />
-
-<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
-<td align="left" width="90">
-</td>
+      <textarea rows="<?php echo $rows ?>" cols="48" style="width:415px;" name="content" tabindex="2" class="postform"><?php echo "<a href=\"$popupurl\">$popuptitle</a>\n$text" ?></textarea><br />
+      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+        <td align="left" width="90"></td>
 <?php if ($pingback) { ?>
-<td align="left">
-<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="post_pingback" value="1" checked="checked" tabindex="7" id="pingback" /><label for="pingback"> PingBack</label>
-</td>
+        <td align="left">
+          <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="post_pingback" value="1" checked="checked" tabindex="7" id="pingback" /><label for="pingback"> PingBack</label>
+        </td>
 <?php } ?>
-</table>
+      </table>
 
 <?php if (0 /*$use_preview*/) { ?>
-<input type="button" value="preview" onClick="preview(this.form);" class="search" tabindex="8" />
+      <input type="button" value="preview" onClick="preview(this.form);" class="search" tabindex="8" />
 <?php } ?>
 
-<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Blog this !" class="search" tabindex="3" /> 
+      <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Blog this !" class="search" tabindex="3" />
 
 
 <?php if ( ($use_fileupload) && ($user_level >= $fileupload_minlevel) && ((ereg(" ".$user_login." ", $fileupload_allowedusers)) || (trim($fileupload_allowedusers)=="")) ) { ?>
-<input type="button" value="upload a file" onClick="launchupload();" class="search" />
+      <input type="button" value="upload a file" onClick="launchupload();" class="search" />
 <?php } ?>
 
-<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
-<!--
-window.focus();
-//				document.blog.post_content.focus();
-//-->
-</script>
-</td>
-</tr>
+      <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
+      <!--
+          window.focus();
+          //document.blog.post_content.focus();
+      //-->
+      </script>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 <?php if ($trackback) { ?>
-<tr>
-<td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
-<td width="415" align="left" height="40">
-<label for="trackback"><strong>TrackBack</strong> an <acronym title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</acronym>:</label> (Seperate multiple URLs with commas.)<br />
-<input type="text" name="trackback" style="width: 415px" />
-</td>
-</tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td width="40">&nbsp;</td>
+    <td width="415" align="left" height="40">
+      <label for="trackback"><strong>TrackBack</strong> an <acronym title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</acronym>:</label> (Seperate multiple URLs with commas.)<br />
+      <input type="text" name="trackback" style="width: 415px" />
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 <?php } ?>
 </table>
+
 </div>
 
 </form>
@@ -189,4 +227,4 @@ window.focus();
 </body>
 </html><?php
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/b2sidebar.php b/wp-admin/b2sidebar.php
index 882e1435b4..ebf99414f2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/b2sidebar.php
+++ b/wp-admin/b2sidebar.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 /* <Sidebar> */
+function selected($selected, $current) {
+	if ($selected == $current) echo ' selected="selected"';
+}
 
 $mode = "sidebar";
 
@@ -52,21 +55,12 @@ if ($a=="b") {
 <style type="text/css">
 <!--
 body {
-	background-image: url('../b2-img/wpminilogo.png');
-	background-repeat: no-repeat;
-	background-position: 50px 90px;
 	padding: 3px;
 }
 textarea,input,select {
 	font-family: arial,helvetica,sans serif;
 	font-size: 12px;
 	background-color: transparent;
-<?php if ($is_gecko || $is_macIE) { ?>
-	background-image: url('../b2-img/bgbookmarklet3.gif');
-<?php } elseif ($is_winIE) { ?>
-	background-color: #dddddd;
-	filter: alpha(opacity:80);
-<?php } ?>
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-color: #cccccc;
 	border-style: solid;
@@ -93,6 +87,24 @@ textarea,input,select {
 <input type="text" name="post_title" size="20" tabindex="1" style="width: 100%;" value="Title" onFocus="if (this.value=='Title') { this.value='';}" onBlur="if (this.value=='') {this.value='Title';}" />
 
 <?php dropdown_categories(); ?>
+		<label for="post_status">Status:</label>
+		<select name="post_status" id="post_status">
+			<option value="publish"<?php selected($post_status, 'publish'); ?>>Publish</option>
+			<option value="draft"<?php selected($post_status, 'draft'); ?>>Draft</option>
+			<option value="private"<?php selected($post_status, 'private'); ?>>Private</option>
+		</select><br />
+		<label for="comment_status">Comments:</label>
+		<select name="comment_status" id="comment_status">
+			<option value="open"<?php selected($comment_status, 'open'); ?>>Open</option>
+			<option value="closed"<?php selected($comment_status, 'closed'); ?>>Closed</option>
+		</select><br />
+		<label for="ping_status">Pings:</label>
+		<select name="ping_status" id="ping_status">
+			<option value="open"<?php selected($ping_status, 'open'); ?>>Open</option>
+			<option value="closed"<?php selected($ping_status, 'open'); ?>>Closed</option>
+		</select><br />
+		<label for="post_password">Post Password:</label>
+		<input name="post_password" type="text" id="post_password" value="<?php echo $post_password ?>" /><br />
 
 <textarea rows="8" cols="12" style="width: 100%" name="content" tabindex="2" class="postform" wrap="virtual" onFocus="if (this.value=='Post') { this.value='';}" onBlur="if (this.value=='') {this.value='Post';}">Post</textarea>
 
@@ -100,7 +112,7 @@ textarea,input,select {
 <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="post_pingback" value="1" checked="checked" tabindex="5" id="pingback" /><label for="pingback"> PingBack</label>
 <?php } ?>
 
-<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Blog this !" class="search" tabindex="3" /> 
+<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Blog this !" class="search" tabindex="3" />
 
 <?php
 if ($use_trackback) { ?>