help with vb, very simple question for expert!

I want to call the script call news from /forum
how would I do this? I've got this so far:
<?php

require("news.php");

?>
but I want to put that line of code in my home dir. not /forum. Any ideas?

require("forum/news.php");

I think that should do the trick :)

no, now it says:

Warning: Failed opening 'global.php3' for inclusion in forums/news.php3 on line 5

Fatal error: Failed opening required 'bfc.php3' in forums/news.php3 on line 6

k, nevermind, fixed that by using absolute urls in the news.php3 file... but now all it does it leave the page blank where it should be calling news.php3... i checked the source and it's gone, so something's happened. also, how do i get it parse the file for SSI at the same time? now that's not working either!

You shouldn't need to use both SSI and PHP include functions in the same file - they do exactly the same thing.
Sounds like the path to news.php3 or the filename is wrong - try changing the "require" to "include" - that might come up with an error giving you more information.
Check paths and filenames, that should fix your problem.

Ok... so I have to take my insert files that I was calling with SSI and make them into VB templates and call them that way?

No, all you have to do is replace all your SSI calls with require() calls like the ones above - they perform the same function.