I still don't get it.
I am trying to do the same thing...but I just want to include my header.php, my navbar and footer.php to be sitewide and change when I change them on my main site. In other words dynamic.
I have tried to just paste the code into the HEADER TEMPLATE, etc...but then I lose the dynamic functionality and also lose the CSS of my main site.
FYI - my site is
www.bigfishpokerclub.com and I want my forum to have the same top and bottom.
Please help, thanks!