Yes it does (both sides). I used vb to make a little example. The template (this is a sample) is sliced up so it wraps around the main area forums, where I want to put the actual forum. Like I said, I have it working perfectly if I edit every template like SHOWTHREAD, FORUMDISPLAY, etc. The problem is there are so many templates, i.e. if a user clicks the "Post Reply," that template has to be edited. Or if they check their Private Messages, that template has to be edited too. I hope this is making sense. I even tried to pull the index.php through a php includes (not sure if that was even possible). Basically I'm trying to simulate an "iframe" look.
Thanks again.