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Well - just in case anyone is interested - I did manage to "frame" the vBulletin. I can do practically anything now without hacking, just template modifications.
However, I decided it is not worth the trouble. Better to stick with minimal modifcatioins, in my opinion, so that upgrades will go more smoothly.
Another serious problem is log-in cookies won't work. This can be solved by creating a pop-up log-in, that then activates a cookie for a generous length of time. This is not difficult to do once. But to do again each time there is a major upgrade? Definitely not worth the bother.
The only reason I might use frames in future is to show several columns of discussion threads on one page. However I would first experiment with using tables, which I suspect also can do this.
Also, I have learned recently from Filbert and others that search engines are gradually starting to index php? threads. Not so with frames. So if you want your forum indexed, you definitely do not want frames.
With so many other things worth your time, frames are really, really not worth the bother. My frames are gone and not coming back. However I still need to spend a few hours (one of these days) to un-do the cookie setting modifications that I did for the frames. Basically I still have instructions here and there telling people to do the wrong settings. Hooo-boy...
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