OK.. well.. this is why you should back up your forums eh? cause when you LOSE it, then you HAVE a back up!
problem is, I did save the file, but some how when I went to replace the empty default.asp with the 'good one'.. then it actually did the reverse, it replaced my 'good one'.. with the empty one!
What I did is downloaded a copy of the forum, unzipped it, and reloaded the default.asp
it seems to be working, although my changes are lost.. can't remember what they were anyway.. but oh well.
so.. I think all is well in ChubBuddies land now.. 