I put the code on a page called test.php. If I open the browser and go to test.php in the browser session before I go to my forum index, I get the following error:

the member verification notes ("You are not logged in", "Welcome back, $username") still display, but the above error appears.

If I visit the forum index, however, then reload test.php after that, the error message will be gone. Why is this?

you have to put:

all the way at the top of the file, below <?php


if you are sending another header on the php file then you need to put that code above below it.

It worked. I had a header include for the page which I had above the chdir and require code, but I moved it to the top and it seems to be working. Thanks

Two more questions...

1) How do I get the sessionhash to appear on non-vB pages?

2) Is there any way to access the cookied non-vB pages if I turn off the board through the Admin CP?

1) once you include the code above any of your pages you can add this to your links:


2) if you include global.php into any script when you turn off the board it'll cause any of those pages to shut down as well.

I have test.php in a different directory than my forums, so when I close the board and go to test.php as a non-admin user, it gives me the "Please call back later" page but all of the URL and image paths are incorrect for obvious reasons (e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/forums/images/ will resolve to http://www.mydomain.com/images/ on this error page). Is there any way to get around the incorrect paths without moving test.php into the /forums/ directory?

Set the images folder to the direct path. Set all smilies to the direct path.

But what about all of the URLs left on the page? For instance, http://www.mydomain.com/forums/usercp.php shows up as http://www.mydomain.com/usercp.php

Can this be circumvented without having to do a massive editing of the templates?

go in the admin cp, and change the image path for the template.. for instance, if its forums/images change it to /forums/images


or /full/path/to/forums/images

the above should work since that is how i have it setup on my site.. just add a forward slash / to the path.

as for the links, its not really that much to edit.. all you have to edit is the template header for the links, just add a / to the links. It only takes 2 minutes :)

if you are integrating your forums with the rest of the site it takes a few minutes, you can't expect to hit one button and have it integrated, its well worth the couple seconds it takes. :p

Hi Mist,

Couldnt find the reference about cookies in that thread!

Could you help me out!

Which is better? Cookies or sessions?

What does vbulletin use as standard?

How do you include more than one usergroup?