thats exactly the start I needed to start my looking . . . thanks alot man! right on!
if anyone else knows anything else, I would appreciate it greatly!!!

While I recognize this might not be the best location to post such a question, I can't find out where else it would go properly, as its a major code modification most likely . . . so here's the question: can the default users table location be changed? I propose this so that my XOOPS system can be merged with a phpbb or vbulletin boards system and I can create a custom registration form that enters in entries into the one table that contains both types of information (the forum style of registration i.e. "user_name" and the XOOPS style "username"). . . but before I can write the form I need to verify that its possilbe to change the users table location, even if it meant in each and every file . . . its really simple in phbb by just changing the constants file . . . but I couldn't find the constants file for XOOPS . . . so if anyone can help me, then I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks,

- dnoyeb2002

This may seem like an incredibly simple question but I cannot figure out how to update my cached templates . . . i have made changes to the default news and partners templates, uploaded them to their respective modules, but they will not recache . . . please help me someone.