OK...
I've solved a couple things.
For the forum linking to the second board, I'll create the category and forum and make the forum non-writable to the membership, but link via HTML in the description area to the second board.
I'll forego the hb.gif and pb.gif stuff and put regular HTML links on the new board to link back.
Only one real question remains:
How can I get away from putting this code in over and over, and must the { be put in each and every instance, and must they all be closed with a } each and every time?
if ($thisforuminfo[0] ne "X") {
[ February 22, 2001: Message edited by: NBAustin ]