[Darren Lewis]

what do you mean: "it involves modifying a copy of the vBulletin index.php file"?

The index.php that vBulletin uses in the www.yourdomain.com/forums directory has to be copied and then modified so that your non-vB webpage can access the info that vBulletin uses.

what exacly this hack do?

On my website, the homepage is not the vBulletin forum page. I want to welcome my members back and let them know how may new posts there have been since their last visit etc... when they visit the front homepage.

If a visitor is not a member, then I want them to see a different message that welcomes them, and encourages them to explore deeper in my website (ie visit and sign up in the forums).

Thanks for the support. The best thing I've done recently was to move off ezboard and buy vBulletin