Again what i thought was simple i can't do. I'm just soooooo stupid when it comes to this. This is what I would like to do. And some of what I did. I redirected my home page on my server to point to the index.php file. That part was easy. But before that...once I was logged in I set up my index page.. once logged in as a member.. to give it the look I wanted. that too wasn't too bad with some previous help with you GURU's here. Much thanks.

My problem is..now when the site comes up.. all that is there is the log-in block on the left with the search and who's online to the right with the center blank. The path to my home page is mysite/Xoops and when I log in..it is mysite/Xoops/index.php and when I log back out..the path is the same also.

I've tried editting the index.php file with html text to show what is in the center but no luck.

So what I want is my page to look the same without logging in.. so visitors will see more than just the log-in screen. What am I doing wrong again. I must be dense.

Go to Admin---->System---->Groups

In there, click on Anonymous at the top and check the boxes for what you want anonymous users to see when they access the site.

Cheers.

Thanks Lance... only thing now is the main menu and user menu boxed for the left block i have checked but it doesn't appear underneath the log-in box. Thank you again.

By the way.. tried doing this before but gave up and was going to try again later after this fix was the remember me check box doesn't appear and also in the newbb forum when a reply is made to a post..it doesn't show like in here with the thread being continued underneath..but there is a place below where you click on reply to view it. i would rather have it like it is in here. Anymore help?? And sorry for all the questions. Coding I know fairly well.. but it's where everything is and how it comes together in XOOPS that I need to learn. Then I can help others confidently in return for the help I have received here.

Xoops... sorry about the double post. I clicked back then refresh.. i'm getting frazzled i think ..lol. Thank you again.