Hi @Beaniie, thank you so much for your response. This is definitely one way to go about it, though it is a bit of a super hack. I am hoping to solve this problem without such a hack, because it seems like others must encounter similar issues, as I have a basically out-of-the-box 1.6 install with core code that I haven't hacked at all. Any other thoughts are welcome -- this is an ongoing issue!
Cheers,
Claire