Oh my god it finally worked. : ) Thank you so much for putting up with me and helping me solve my ridiculous problem. I really, really appreciate your assistance. You rock in the most awesome of ways.

i think it was fixed, no need for my help..

i think it is funny that you have answered all of my questions without knowing it..
and there are some issues on your selected forum board.. anyway, weaponx have figure out an alternative method to fixed your problem.

@vhortex: I totally agree with the issues for using the phpBB forum.

Leafbunk, if you can, you might want to look into using other forum alternatives that are more secure. phpBB has been known to have a lot of security bugs in it and from what I heard, sometimes it takes them a while to release an update to patch up the problem. Take a look at SimpleMachinesForum and try that out instead. They usually have a speedy security patch released if any are found. If you have problems using it, feel free to post in the SimpleMachines Forum section here at Astahost.

I'm really not familiar at all with the different forums available out there, so thank you for providing the link. I have heard that there are many security issues with the phpBB, but it seemed to be the easiest to install (since I've never done anything like this before). I'm wondering a couple things though....Am I really at risk for hackers or...security problems if the site for the forum is really only accessed by a small group of people? And also, if I end up changing to the SimpleMachinesForum....(this might be a stupid question), but any data that I had previously on my forums, will that be erased or can I transfer it?

Thanks so much for all of your help. I appreciate it very much.

Your forum will probably not be hacked or attacked if it's a small one, but knowing what sick people are online, I usually don't recommend taking the chance. Better to be safe...

Don't worry about switching over to Simple Machines Forum. They have a converter file that you can download to convert the database to be SimpleMachines ready So all data will be intact during the transfer.