sorry 1 more thing. here is my header.inc setup did i do anything wrong? could you pelase take a look for me also.
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$vbpath ="/home/hong/public_html/forum";
$pppath ="/home/hong/public_html/gallery";
chdir($vbpath);
require("./global.php");
eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";');
$vbheader = "$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir=\"$stylevar[textdirection]\" lang=\"$stylevar[languagecode]\">
<head>
$headinclude";
$vbheader .= "</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<div align=\"center\">";
eval('$vbfooter = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');
$vbfooter = process_replacement_vars($vbfooter);
$vbfooter = "</div>$vbfooter";
chdir($pppath . "/home/hong/public_html/gallery");
$HTTP_POST_FILES = $_FILES;
$HTTP_POST_VARS = $_POST;
?>
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i've been workiing on this for over 8hrs and still can't get it to work. i was expecting a easy installation like vabulltin didn't know i had to change so much stuff to get it to work.