aahhhh... much better...
ok, this has been answered a few times in this thread, but here goes:
- Do you have
require "private.cfg";
in the "requires" at the top of forumdisplay.cgi and postings.cgi?
- do you have the ubb_code_buttons.pl file uploaded into your ubb cgi directory?
- do you have the smilies set up in your control panel?
set up a test acct so I can see what it does...