[tHE DSS]

Right, I see what you mean.

First though, whilst logging out, your forum tried to re-direct me to a 'newhome.html' page, or somthing... but it doesnt exist (error 404).

Anyway, back to the hack :

Do you have more than 1 template set?

You get your forums with 'Default', but did you add anymore, and if so, do you use them?

If so, you'll need to add the search_the_internet template to each set that you want the search bar to display on, and add the $search_the_internet variable to the $footer template of each template set.

If the above is happening, then Guests see one template, whilst members can see others.

Check that out first before we start diving into your vB scripts.

If doing the above gives no joy, then it could be because of the many previous hacks you have installed.

Maybe, the bit in the 'global.php' script where you need to place the parsing of the search_the_internet template is being caught inside a $userinfo[usergroup] decision, wherby it only "happens" if the "$userinfo[usergroup] == 0"... which is Guest.