I have read the docs and posts regarding SSI functionality. I have no problem getting that to work, however I do not understand how to make the page look like the rest of the site. What do I do to add my forums menu bar, background, etc on another page? For example like the main page of this site, the menu, and background match the rest of the site.
You can use the functions template_header() and template_footer() to get the top and bottom of the forum, along with the styles.
<?php
require_once('SSI.php');
template_header();
template_footer();
?>
I created a .php file named "test.php" however it displays entire homepage of my site. I added only the code you just specified to this php file located here: http://crohnssociety.com/test.php (http://crohnssociety.com/test.php)
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You may have to contact whoever makes your portal system and ask them about it then... that's not a normal SMF behavior.
Thats exactly what the problem was. Something with simple portal was preventing it from working. Thank you very much!