function add_topic ($id)
{
    $msg_post = new fud_msg_edit;		
    /* Process Message Data */
    $msg_post->poster_id = $id;
    $msg_post->subject = "Välkommen till testforum_";
    $msg_post->body = "Välkommen till forumet\n\nHär kan du göra lite av varje Å-Ä-Ö";
    $msg_post->body = tags_to_html($msg_post->body); 
    $msg_post->subject = tags_to_html($msg_post->subject); 
    $msg_post->add(1, 0, "N", "N", "N", FALSE);
    
    //additional stuff
    q("insert into {SQL_TABLE_PREFIX}thread_view (forum_id, page, thread_id) select '1','1', max(id) from {SQL_TABLE_PREFIX}thread");
    $result = uq("select max(id) from {SQL_TABLE_PREFIX}msg");
    $var = db_rowarr($result);
    if(isset($var[0])){
      q("update {SQL_TABLE_PREFIX}msg set approved='Y' where id = ".$var[0]);       
    }    
}