thanks for the response zero. i'm the only admin and i'm pretty sure i screwed something up in the vbulletin admincp vbulletin options part. gah!
how do i rectify without loggin into admincp since i can't! aargh.
whew. floris solved it. if anyone has a similar problem, here's the link floris hooked me up with to fix my problem:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showp...42&postcount=3