[reas0n]

i got a code working on my forum only problem is, is the code i "borrowed" has html elements in it so i cant get MY forum stuff(category titles, last post, etc. etc.) to show up it only shows what i borrowed from the other page... which is making me kinda mad


this is the code i used if you want to take a look at it maybe you can figure out whats going on so the right scripts can be called up i put this in the FORUMHOME template

<!-- main -->
<!-- Categoty Top -->
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"  width="100%"  align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="21" height="31" align="left" valign="top" style="background-image: url(images/IStv/cat/top_bg.png)"><img border="0" src="images/IStv/cat/top_left.png" width="21" height="31" alt="" /></td>
    <td  height="31" width="60%" align="left" valign="bottom" style="background-image: url(images/IStv/cat/top_bg.png)"><div class="category_title"><a href="forumdisplay.php?f=1"><b>Main Category</b></a>    </div></td>
    <td width="19" align="left" valign="middle"><img src="images/IStv/cat/top_end.png" alt="" width="19" height="31" border="0" /></td>
    <td  align="right" valign="top" style="background-image: url(images/IStv/cat/top_center.png)"><a style="float:right; padding-top: 9px;" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_1')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_1" src="images/IStv/cat/collapse_tcat.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
    <td width="14" height="31" align="right" valign="top"><img border="0" src="images/IStv/cat/top_right.png" width="14" height="31" alt="" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- /Categoty Top -->


<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">


<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_1" style="">
<tr align="center">
      <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead" width="100%" align="left">Forum</td>
      <td class="thead">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Threads&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
      <td class="thead">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Posts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
          </tr>
<tr align="center">
    <td class="alt2"><img src="images/IStv/statusicon/forum_old.gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_2" /></td>
    <td class="alt1Active" align="left" id="f2">
        <div>
        
<a style="float:right; padding-top: 9px;" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_2')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_2" src="images/aria/buttons/collapse_lastpost.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a style="float:right; padding-top: 9px;" href="showthread.php?p=2139#post2139"><img  src="images/IStv/statusicon/lastpost_home.gif" alt="Go to last post" border="0" /></a>
            <a href="forumdisplay.php?f=2"><strong>Main Forum</strong></a>
            <span class="smallfont">(4 Viewing)</span>
        </div>
        <div class="smallfont">Main Forum Description</div>
        
        
         <div><div class="lastpost_spacer"></div>
<table width="100%"  border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"  id="collapseobj_forumbit_2" class="lastpost_border" style=";">
     <tr>
    <td class="lastpost_inner_border"><div class="smallfont" align="left">
    <div style="float:right"> Today - 06:46 PM</div>
<div style="float:left; vertical-align: middle;"><img class="inlineimg" src="images/icons/icon1.gif" alt="" border="0" /> &nbsp;</div>




    
</div></td>
  </tr>
</table></div>
    </td>
<td class="alt1" width="80">1,906</td>
<td class="alt2" width="80">2,044</td>
</tr>




</tbody>
</table>



<!-- Bottom -->
    <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td width="12" align="left" valign="top"><img src="images/IStv/cat/blc.png" width="12" height="13" alt="" border="0" /></td>
        <td  width="100%" style="background-image:url(images/IStv/cat/bottom.png)"><img src="images/IStv/cat/clear.gif" width="100%" height="13" alt="" border="0" /></td>
        <td width="12" align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/IStv/cat/brc.png" width="12" height="13" alt="" border="0" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
 
  <!-- Bottom -->

<!-- /main -->

the stuff in red is what was inherited from the borrowed code

HERE is what it looks like on my page im assuming theres strings that should be calling in those parameters and not html or text