small hack required
 

if you go to http://www.xboxworld.com.au/index.php

up the top right hand side, i want to put a small line of text in there that lists the amount of users online in the forum. ill make the graphic a bg image and put the text over the top..

nothing too detailed, just something that reads like

'40 users online, register now!' with 40 pulled from the 'Currently Active Users: 41' figure thats on the forum. ill just make 'register now' a link to the signup form.

is it possible to use that data from the forum in the include that i use in the main site?

try putting this somewhere in your forumhome template:

how do i get that 'whos online' figure into my main site though?

hmm, i'm not sure how you would do this, sorry. :(

Theres a hack that already does that. Search for it..

ok cheers!

Your welcome!