diff --git a/web/app/View/Config/index.ctp b/web/app/View/Config/index.ctp
index be5fad2d2..2ed7b8ae1 100644
--- a/web/app/View/Config/index.ctp
+++ b/web/app/View/Config/index.ctp
@@ -18,9 +18,46 @@ foreach ($options as $option => $value) {
 	echo "<div id=\"tabs-$option\">";
 	foreach ($value as $val) {
 		$id = $val['Config']['Id'];
-		$inputname = 'Config.' . $id . '.' . $val['Config']['Name'];
+		$name = $val['Config']['Name'];
+		$inputname = 'Config.' . $id . '.' . $name;
+		$type = $val['Config']['Type'];
+		$hint = $val['Config']['Hint'];
+		$hints = explode('|', $hint);
+		$selectoptions = array();
 
-		switch ($val['Config']['Type']) {
+		// Because I don't want to modify the database, I need
+		// to work with what is already there to determine
+		// which types of inputs to use.  I can do this based
+		// off of hthe 'hint' fileld.
+		//
+		// If 'hint' contains '|', it is either a radio
+		// or select box, though I'm making all radios selects.
+		// If the 'hint' contains '|' && '=', it was supposed to be a
+		// select.
+		//
+		// This would be much easier if each Config row had an 'inputtype' column...
+
+		// If the type is supposed to be a radio...
+		// I'm making it a select anyway!
+		if (preg_match("/\|/", $hint) && ($type != 'boolean')  ) {
+			$type = 'select';
+			foreach ($hints as $hint) {
+				$foo = explode('|', $hint);
+				$selectoptions[$foo[0]] = $foo[0]; // I don't want my selects indexed - I want them associated.
+			}
+		}
+
+		// If the type is supposed to be a select box...
+		if ( preg_match("/\=/", $hint) && ($type == 'select') ) {
+			$selectoptions = array();
+			foreach ($hints as $hint) {
+				$foo = explode('=', $hint);
+				$selectoptions[$foo[1]] = $foo[0];
+			}
+		}
+
+		// For all of the other types, set them appropriately.
+		switch ($type) {
 			case 'boolean':
 				$type = 'checkbox';
 				break;
@@ -30,14 +67,22 @@ foreach ($options as $option => $value) {
 			case 'string':
 				$type = 'text';
 				break;
+			case 'text':
+				$type = 'textarea';
+				break;
 		}
+
+		// Create the actual inputs.  'options' and 'legend'
+		// are ignored when they're not needed, such as in
+		// the case of a text or checkbox input type.
 		echo $this->Form->input($inputname, array(
 			'default' => $val['Config']['Value'],
-			'label' => $val['Config']['Name'],
+			'label' => $name,
 			'title' => $val['Config']['Prompt'],
-			'type' => $type
+			'type' => $type,
+			'options' => $selectoptions, // Only used by cakephp when 'type' is 'select'
+			'legend' => false
 		));
-		echo "\n";
 	}
 	echo "</div>"; // End each category div
 }