Help Opening vBa index.php

[rkossick]

Hi, all -

Really really basic question here ... I have properly uploaded and installed vBadvanced with an eye to having a portal/intro page in conjunction with the underlying vBulletin forum. I broke out all the different files, as directed, from the initial download, putting them into the folders indicated in the instructions (all the folders ... forums/includes, forums/admincp, etc. reside in a single root folder that exists in simultaneous and synchronized fashion on my remote web host's server and on my hard drive). I renamed cmps_index.php to index.php. I went into the admin CP and, under the vBadvanced main options, designated the CMPS URL as /index.php. Yet, when I put in the URL for my web site (which should consist of both a blank portal page and a forums "gateway"), I keep getting the following warning/fatal error message:

Warning: main(./includes/vba_cmps_include_template.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /hsphere/local/home/rekossic/larutamayaforfoodies.com/index.php on line 44

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './includes/vba_cmps_include_template.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/share/pear') in /hsphere/local/home/rekossic/larutamayaforfoodies.com/index.php on line 44

What have I done? What do I need to do to get the basic vBa portal page to open? Can anyone help?

I wonder if the presence of other "index.html" files within different vBulletin folders is causing the problem. It's my understanding that a browser will look for and prioritize an index.html file over an index.php ... and, alternatively, that if there is no index.html file detected, it will automatically open the index.php. I don't know ... but, again, going through the different folders that come with the vBulletin, there appear to be index.html files in every major folder (forums/xml, forums/include, etc.). I also, on closer inspection, found a second index.php. The one I renamed from CMPS_index.php was there, not in a folder (2KB), while the other one (18KB) is embedded in the forums folder. How will a browser know which one to open?

Sorry for such a basic question. I am hoping that somebody smarter than me will be able to provide me with the help I need.

Thanks!

BK