Danny, in all honesty it would be best if I didn't try to explain it. I would love to help but I'm a newbie at this. But I did follow the initial instructions from wolferey on this thread You can also rename portal.php to index.php. That way, you don't need to make a .htaccess file. Also, you don't ...

Hi, I just wanted to let you all know that I now have a working forum with a portal! I followed the instructions on this thread to direct my page as my home page and everything works perfectly! I am clearly a newbie and don't know a thing about PHP but I did it.

Thank You!

Kim