does AND still work if I want to combine statements, for example if I want to combine if a person is a guest and the forum is 1, show this else show something else...how would I do that?

Just use 'AND'

<vb:if condition="$forum[forumid] == 5 AND $show['member']">Show this if forum id is 5 and user is a member.</vb:if>

yeah, thats what I tried, but I cannot seem to get the forumid thing to work, I am using one of the ad templates

You could try putting the condition in the header / footer or navbar template instead of the ad location... it will have the same ultimate effect.

So in the template FORUMDISPLAY I've done this:
Except it isn't working, is there something I'm missing by some chance?

Cheers.

thanks

I don't know if "$show['newthreadlink']" works in forumdisplay but if it does you're better off using an AND statement than two IF's...

Hello,
The "$show['newthreadlink']" was in forumdisplay to begin with, I just added the array bit.

I tried what you gave, yet it still didn't hide the New thread button from display :/

What exactly are you trying to do- I know hide "New Thread" but under what conditions?

Essentially, we've got Easy Forms installed and we want users to only be able to submit a form on particular forums so they can follow a pre-defined template instead of being able to post whatever they want.
I've got a "Notice" on the forums saying with a bit of text, including a link to the needed form, but I know of no other way to hide the "New Thread" button.

I originally tried simply taking away permissions for Registered Users to Create New Threads, but then that wouldn't let them upload attachments to the form - which is a necessity.

If you know of any other way to do this, that would be greatly appreciated.