This is caused because the webwelcome.php file cannot find the global.php file which is in your forums directory (eg yourdomain.com/forums/). At the very top of your page that is running the webwelcome.php script as an include file (above all other code) you will need to have the following code
If you are not running the webwelcome.php script as an include in another PHP file you can probably leave it where it is when you are modifying the copy of the original vBulletin file.

Hope that helps.

Hmmm....
This sounds like a problem with the cookie. I've had a look at your page and it runs the script OK. I can click on "View Today's Active Threads" and it runs that query OK. Must be a problem with your cookie. I cannot reproduce the problem on my site.
I deleted my cookie and re-started my browser (IE6). I was able to log in from my website homepage, view the forum and post replies. I shut the browser, re-opened and went back to my site. The welcome message was displayed that I was already logged in.

What browser are you running? Could be something to do with the cookie or privacy settings on that? Might be something to do with viewing cached pages? Sorry I can't be of any more help :(

EDIT - I've just noticed that your forums are on a subdomain of your main site. What is the cookie set to in your vBulletn admin panel? This might be causing some problems? Just an idea.

how can I find out what what the cookie set in my vBulletin admin cp??

Log in to your admin control panel.

Select "vBulletin Options" from the left menu

Select "HTTP Headers & Output" from the top menu.

Cool.. I set it to absolute now it works! thanks!

but... now that the index is a PHP file.... will it work the same way as a index.html file... where.. when someone goes to www.gopednation.com... it pulls up the index.html file...

?

Thanks

eso

also... the rest of my PHP scripts don't work... any work arounds for this? thanks again

eso

lol, I think I know what I forgot to do...I'll get back to you if it works or not ;)

*added*lol, I forget to fell put in ".simon-soft.com" in the "Cookie Domain" part :nervous: well...it's working now, thank you ;)

Ok, I can get the script to run, but I can't get it to recognize that I'm logged in. It just keeps giving me the same unregistered message whether I login through the forums or through the script itself. I've setup the cookies as stated previously in this thread, so I'm not sure if that is it or not. Thanks for you help, I've been looking for a hack like this for a long time!

EDIT: To see what I'm talking about you can go to my test page @ http://www.lhbcyouth.com/test2.php

I`ve just installed this hack but i`m getting this error

can anyone help please, thanks

Yes the browser will display the index.php file. If you have both an index.html and an index.php, I'm not sure which one will get pulled. Best to just have one index file.

If these are scripts on your index.php page, then this is caused because the scripts are look in your forums directory now due to the code Depending on what scripts you have, you will need to modify the paths that they are using to look for other files. EG I'm using tubedog's excellent hack, but I had to modify the path it was using to look for the config.php file.

There must be a problem with your cookie settings (or the browser cache/privacy settings).
In my admin settings the cookie domain is left blank, and the path to save cookies is left as the default /
My forums are at www.thebookforum.com/forums not on a subdomain.

Hope that helps everyone. Let me know how things go. I may try to add some more options in the future when I've learnt a lot more about PHP and how vBulletin works. I can then update the install instructions with known workarounds etc...

Darren.

At the very top of your index.php file you have inserted this codeWhat is the URL to your vBulletin forums. If it is not yourdomain.com/forums then the above PHP will not work correctly. You will need to modify the second line (beginning with chdir) to the correct path to your forums from the new index.php file.

Darren