does index.asp reside outside of the forum directory? If so, sounds like you might have 2 sets of Application variables and only 1 of them is updating.
I've never used the Content Display MOD, so I can't help you with that.
does the index.asp page use the inc_header.asp file from the forum? If so, try this:
find this section of code in the inc_header.asp file (around line #169 of an unmodified file)if strRequireReg = "1" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
if not Instr(strScriptName,"policy.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"register.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"password.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"faq.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"login.asp") > 0 then
modify it so it looks like this (basically just adding 1 line of code)if strRequireReg = "1" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
if not Instr(strScriptName,"policy.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"register.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"password.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"faq.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"index.asp") > 0 and _
not Instr(strScriptName,"login.asp") > 0 then
I would go ahead and modify both the inc_header.asp file in the forum directory and the one outside the forum directory (if you are using 2 different files).