[David Regimbal]

child directory does not seem to work for me
I'm very sure I'm doing something wrong though:

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'noble6');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);
// change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array('noble6',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
$curdir = getcwd ();
chdir('/path/to/forums');
require_once('./global.php');
chdir ($curdir);

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'noble6'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'INTEL';

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######

$templater = vB_Template::create('noble6');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
print_output($templater->render());

?>

In a folder such as "/pages." My forum is in the root.

Error:

Warning: require_once(./includes/functions_user.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(283) : eval()'d code on line 52

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './includes/functions_user.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /path/to/public_html/includes/class_bootstrap.php(283) : eval()'d code on line 52