I got it to where the header and footer would display, but then it started to damage some of the posts. Attached inline images would randomly not display.
Smilies would turn into HTML code
Instead of a

I'd get
HTML Code:
<img src=\"images/smilies/wink.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Wink\" smilieid=\"4\" class=\"inlineimg\" border=\"0\">
It was fine on old posts.
It showed fine in new posts.
It even looked fine in the AJAX editor.
But it turned to code when the "quick reply" (Ajax) was saved, or when you looked at in in the full editor ("go advanced"). Code with added \ marks, I might add.
I stripped down the wp header file to the basics, making and including a custom that I've named "header-vb.php" ..... also made a custom CSS file for the WP header included in vB. The CSS is stripped down to the unique-named DIVs in the WP header.
Didn't help.
This is an active site, and some of the content is personal in nature (private forums), I can't really give out access to it.
Any ideas on the above errors, however, would be appreciated.
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I tried it just now with an empty included stylesheet and wp header file --- same problem, turns the smilies into code.
not sure where the issue is.