that's what I was thinkin. I hate not being able to run them off the same SQL database. Oh well, I'm dealin with it for now. I'm still trying to figure out in the php code where it says what database to use. than I gotta download the IBForums thingy from their site to install it over the SQL that is running my PHP-Nuke, so that the PHP-Nuke adapts to the IBForums database. Well, if anyone has a better idea, please let me know.