I'm not the person who uploaded my forum to the hosting, I have no experience uploading, removing, or downloading any of that. I was hoping it was a simple fix of putting the correct code back in.
Now error's are starting all over my forum when people post too.
--------------- Added [DATE]1249535956[/DATE] at [TIME]1249535956[/TIME] ---------------
problem solved
apparently changing anything via godaddy's editing tools corrupts the slash.