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Well that seemes to work once - now I am not redirecting anymore. This is so frustrating...

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I have determined that my problem is this: I can log into my custom page (home.php) 1 time and get redirected back to that page after logging in. Subsequent logins (after clearing cookies etc) take me directly to the forums index.php page. I have no idea whats wrong. I made a new profile on my PC and logged into it so it was a fresh user. I then logged into my home.php which includes the basic require_once info etc and got redirected back to that page - the avatar displaying correctly etc. I logged out and cleared cookies and immediately logged back in and instead of being redirected I get the forum index.php page...
I have done all of the troubleshooting recommended by Bill and I KNOW my paths are correct. I just realized also that I was having the double // problem which I fixed in the login_inc.php. Ive also tried verifying there was no spyware on my PC (AdAware), no windows firewall turned on (WinXPpro), doing Windows Updates, I even tried Firefox (didnt work either), my VB cookie path has always been / and not /forums/ etc...

Im lost as to what to try next...