diff --git a/phpBB/config.php b/phpBB/config.php
index b4278d1182..a7b442d483 100644
--- a/phpBB/config.php
+++ b/phpBB/config.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /***************************************************************************  
- *                                 
+ *                               config.php  
  *                            -------------------                         
  *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
  *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
@@ -22,6 +22,49 @@
  * 
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
+// Constants
+// User Levels
+define(ADMIN, 4);
+define(SUPERMOD, 3);
+define(MODERATOR, 2);
+define(USER, 1);
+define(DELETED, -1);
+define(ANONYMOUS, -1);
 
+// Forum access levels
+define(PUBLIC, 1);
+define(PRIVATE, 2);
+
+// Forum posting levels
+define(ANONALLOWED, 1);
+define(REGONLY, 2);
+define(MODONLY, 3);
+
+// Topic state
+define(UNLOCKED, 0);
+define(LOCKED, 1);
+
+// Ban time types
+define(SECONDS, 1);
+define(MINUTES, 2);
+define(HOURS, 3);
+define(DAYS, 4);
+define(YEARS, 5);
+
+// Error codes
+define(SQL_CONNECT, 1);
+define(BANNED, 2);
+define(QUERY_ERROR, 3);
+define(SESSION_CREATE, 4);
+
+
+$session_cookie = "phpBBsession";
+$session_cookie_time = 3600; 
+
+$dbms = "mysql";
+$dbhost = "localhost";
+$dbname = "phpbb2";
+$dbuser = "root";
+$dbpasswd = "zocalo";
 
 ?>
diff --git a/phpBB/db.php b/phpBB/db.php
index b4278d1182..d305ae3824 100644
--- a/phpBB/db.php
+++ b/phpBB/db.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /***************************************************************************  
- *                                 
+ *                                 db.php
  *                            -------------------                         
  *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
  *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  * 
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
-
 /***************************************************************************  
  *                                                     
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify    
@@ -22,6 +21,96 @@
  * 
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
+switch($dbms)
+{
+ case 'mysql':
+   include('db/mysql.'.$phpEx);
+   break;
+ case 'postgres':
+   include('db/postgres7.'.$phpEx);
+   break;
+ case 'mssql':
+   include('db/mssql.'.$phpEx);
+      break;
+ case 'oracle':
+   include('db/oracle.'.$phpEx);
+   break;
+}
 
+// Make the database connection.
+$db = new sql_db($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, false);
+if(!$db->db_connect_id) 
+{
+   error_die($db, SQL_CONNECT);
+}
+
+// Check if user is banned
+if(!auth("ip ban", $db, "", "", "", "", "", $REMOTE_ADDR, "", "", "")) 
+{
+   error_die($db, BANNED);
+}
+
+// Initalize these variables to keep them safe.
+$user_logged_in = 0;
+$logged_in = 0;
+$userdata = Array();
+
+// Setup forum wide options.
+$sql = "SELECT * FROM config WHERE selected = 1";
+if(!$result = $db->sql_query($sql))
+{
+   error_die($db, QUERY_ERROR);
+}
+else  
+{
+   $config = $db->sql_fetchrowset($result);
+   $sitename = stripslashes($config[0]["sitename"]);
+   $allow_html = $config[0]["allow_html"];
+   $allow_bbcode = $config[0]["allow_bbcode"];
+   $allow_sig = $config[0]["allow_sig"];
+   $allow_namechange = $config[0]["allow_namechange"];
+   $posts_per_page = $config[0]["posts_per_page"];
+   $hot_threshold = $config[0]["hot_threshold"];
+   $topics_per_page = $config[0]["topics_per_page"];
+   $override_user_themes = $config[0]["override_themes"];
+   $email_sig = stripslashes($config[0]["email_sig"]);
+   $email_from = $config[0]["email_from"];
+   $default_lang = $config[0]["default_lang"];
+   $sys_lang = $default_lang;            
+}
+
+if(isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$session_cookie])) 
+{
+   $sessid = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$session_cookie];
+   $userid = get_userid_from_session($sessid, $session_cookie_time, $REMOTE_ADDR, $db);
+
+   if ($userid)
+     {
+	$user_logged_in = 1;
+	update_session_time($sessid, $db);
+	
+	if(!auth("username ban", $db, $userid, "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""))
+	  {
+	     error_die($db, BANNED);
+	  }
+	$userdata = get_userdata_from_id($userid, $db);
+     }
+}            
+
+// If the user isn't logged in check if they have a user ID cookie.
+if (!$user_logged_in)
+{
+   if(isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cookie_name]))
+     {
+	$userdata = get_userdata_from_id($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["$cookie_name"], $db);
+	if(!auth("username ban", $db, $userdata["user_id"], "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""))
+	  {
+	     error_die($db, BANNED);
+	  }
+     }
+}
+
+// Setup what template to use. Currently just use default
+$template = new Template("./templates/Default", "keep");
 
 ?>
diff --git a/phpBB/functions/auth.php b/phpBB/functions/auth.php
index b4278d1182..beacb39262 100644
--- a/phpBB/functions/auth.php
+++ b/phpBB/functions/auth.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /***************************************************************************  
- *                                 
+ *                                 auth.php
  *                            -------------------                         
  *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
  *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
@@ -22,6 +22,124 @@
  * 
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
+/* Notes:
+ * auth() is going to become a very complex function and can take in a LARGE number of arguments. 
+ * The currently included argements should be enough to handle any situation, however, if you need access to another
+ * the best option would be to create a global variable and access it that way if you can.
+ * 
+ * auth() returns: 
+ * TRUE if the user authorized
+ * FALSE if the user is not
+ */
+function auth($type, 
+	      $db,
+	      $user_id = "", 
+	      $user_name = "", 
+	      $user_pass = "", 
+	      $user_level = "", 
+	      $session_id = "", 
+	      $user_ip = "", 
+	      $forum_id = "", 
+	      $topic_id = "", 
+	      $post_id = "") 
+{
+   switch($type) 
+     {
+      case 'ip ban':
+	$sql = "DELETE FROM banlist 
+		 WHERE (ban_end < ". mktime(date("H"), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")).") 
+		 AND (ban_end > 0)";
+	$db->sql_query($sql);
+	$sql = "SELECT ban_ip FROM banlist";
+	if($result = $db->sql_query($sql)) 
+	  {
+	     if($totalrows = $db->sql_numrows()) 
+	       {
+		  $iprow = $db->sql_fetchrowset($result);
+		  for($x = 0; $x < $totalrows; $x++)
+		    {
+		       $ip = $iprow[$x]["ban_ip"];
+		       if($ip[strlen($ip) - 1] == ".") 
+			 {
+			    $db_ip = explode(".", $ip);
+			    $this_ip = explode(".", $user_ip);
+			    
+			    for($x = 0; $x < count($db_ip) - 1; $x++)
+			      {
+				 $my_ip .= $this_ip[$x] . ".";
+			      }
+			    
+			    if($my_ip == $ip)
+			      {
+				 return(FALSE);
+			      }
+			 }
+		       else 
+			 {
+			    if($ipuser == $ip)
+			      {
+				 return(FALSE);
+			      }
+			 }
+		    }
+		  return(TRUE);
+	       }
+	     else
+	       {
+		  return(TRUE);
+	       }
+	  }
+	return(TRUE);
+	break;
+      case 'username ban':
+	$sql = "DELETE FROM banlist
+		WHERE (ban_end < ". mktime(date("H"), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")).")
+		AND (ban_end > 0)";
+	$db->sql_query($sql);
+	$sql = "SELECT ban_userid FROM banlist WHERE ban_userid = '$user_id'";
+	if($result = $db->sql_query($sql)) 
+	  {
+	   if($db->sql_numrows())
+	       {
+		  return(FALSE);
+	       }
+	     else
+	       {
+		  return(TRUE);
+	       }
+	  }
+	else
+	  {
+	     return(TRUE);
+	  }
+	break;
+     }
+}
 
 
+/*
+ * The following functions are used for getting user information. They are not related directly to auth()
+ */
+
+function get_userdata_from_id($userid, $db) 
+{
+   
+   $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id = $userid";
+   if(!$result = $db->sql_query($sql)) 
+     {
+	$userdata = array("error" => "1");
+	return ($userdata);
+     }
+   if($db->sql_numrows())
+     {
+	$myrow = $db->sql_fetchrowset($result);
+	return($myrow[0]);
+     }
+   else
+     {
+	$userdata = array("error" => "1");
+	return ($userdata);
+     }
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/phpBB/functions/sessions.php b/phpBB/functions/sessions.php
index b4278d1182..60f2ae7015 100644
--- a/phpBB/functions/sessions.php
+++ b/phpBB/functions/sessions.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /***************************************************************************  
- *                                 
+ *                                 sessions.php
  *                            -------------------                         
  *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
  *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
@@ -23,5 +23,118 @@
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
 
+/**
+ * new_session()
+ * Adds a new session to the database for the given userid.
+ * Returns the new session ID.
+ * Also deletes all expired sessions from the database, based on the given session lifespan.
+ */
+function new_session($userid, $remote_ip, $lifespan, $db) 
+{
+   
+   mt_srand( (double) microtime() * 1000000);
+   $sessid = mt_rand();
+   
+   $currtime = (string) (time());
+   $expirytime = (string) (time() - $lifespan);
+   
+   $deleteSQL = "DELETE FROM sessions WHERE (start_time < $expirytime)";
+   $delresult = $db->sql_query($deleteSQL);
+   
+   if (!$delresult) 
+     {
+	error_die($db, SESSION_CREATE);
+     }
+   
+   $sql = "INSERT INTO sessions (sess_id, user_id, start_time, remote_ip) VALUES ($sessid, $userid, $currtime, '$remote_ip')";
+   
+   $result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+   
+   if ($result) 
+     {
+	return $sessid;
+     } 
+   else 
+     {
+	error_die($db, SESSION_CREATE);
+     } // if/else
+   
+} // new_session()
+
+/*
+ * Sets the sessID cookie for the given session ID. the $cookietime parameter
+ * is no longer used, but just hasn't been removed yet. It'll break all the modules
+ * (just login) that call this code when it gets removed.
+ * Sets a cookie with no specified expiry time. This makes the cookie last until the
+ * user's browser is closed. (at last that's the case in IE5 and NS4.7.. Haven't tried
+ * it with anything else.)
+ */
+function set_session_cookie($sessid, $cookietime, $cookiename, $cookiepath, $cookiedomain, $cookiesecure) 
+{
+   // This sets a cookie that will persist until the user closes their browser window.
+   // since session expiry is handled on the server-side, cookie expiry time isn't a big deal.
+   setcookie($cookiename, $sessid, '', $cookiepath, $cookiedomain, $cookiesecure);
+
+} // set_session_cookie()
+
+/*
+ * Returns the userID associated with the given session, based on
+ * the given session lifespan $cookietime and the given remote IP
+ * address. If no match found, returns 0.
+ */
+function get_userid_from_session($sessid, $cookietime, $remote_ip, $db) 
+{
+   $mintime = time() - $cookietime;
+   $sql = "SELECT user_id 
+	    FROM sessions 
+	    WHERE (sess_id = $sessid) 
+	      AND (start_time > $mintime) 
+	      AND (remote_ip = '$remote_ip')";
+   $result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+   if (!$result) 
+     {
+	error_die($db, "Error doing DB query in get_userid_from_session()");
+     }
+   $rowset = $db->sql_fetchrowset();
+   $num_rows = $db->sql_numrows();
+   if ($num_rows == 0) 
+     {
+	return 0;
+     } 
+   else 
+     {
+	return $rowset[0]["user_id"];
+     }
+   
+} // get_userid_from_session()
+
+
+function update_session_time($sessid, $db) 
+{
+
+   $newtime = (string) time();
+   $sql = "UPDATE sessions SET start_time=$newtime WHERE (sess_id = $sessid)";
+   $result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+   if (!$result) 
+     {
+	$db_error = $db->sql_error();
+	error_die($db, "Error doing DB update in update_session_time(). Reason: " . $db_error["message"]);
+     }
+   return 1;
+
+} // update_session_time()
+
+function end_user_session($userid, $db) 
+{
+   $sql = "DELETE FROM sessions WHERE (user_id = $userid)";
+   $result = $db->sql_query($sql, $db);
+   if (!$result) 
+     {
+	$db_error = $db->sql_error();
+	error_die($db, "Delete failed in end_user_session(). Reason: " . $db_error["message"]);
+     }
+   return 1;
+
+} // end_session()
 
 ?>
diff --git a/phpBB/index.php b/phpBB/index.php
index b4278d1182..7ed32e597e 100644
--- a/phpBB/index.php
+++ b/phpBB/index.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /***************************************************************************  
- *                                 
+ *                                index.php 
  *                            -------------------                         
  *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
  *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
@@ -21,7 +21,87 @@
  *                                                          
  * 
  ***************************************************************************/ 
+include('extension.inc');
+include('config.'.$phpEx);
+include('template.inc');
+include('functions/error.'.$phpEx);
+include('functions/sessions.'.$phpEx);
+include('functions/auth.'.$phpEx);
+include('db.'.$phpEx);
+
+$total_users = 10;
+$total_posts = 55668;
+$newest_user = "Dave";
+$newest_uid = 10;
+$users_browsing = "4 Users";
+
+$pagetype = "index";
+include('page_header.'.$phpEx);
+
+$template->set_block("body", "catrow", "cats");
+$template->set_block("catrow", "forumrow", "forums");
+
+$sql = "SELECT * FROM catagories ORDER BY cat_order";
+if(!$result = $db->sql_query($sql)) 
+{
+   error_die($db, QUERY_ERROR);
+}
+$total_rows = $db->sql_numrows();
+if($total_rows)
+{
+   $rows = $db->sql_fetchrowset($result);
+   for($x = 0; $x < $total_rows; $x++)
+     {
+
+	$template->set_var(array("CAT_ID" => $rows[$x]["cat_id"],
+				 "PHP_SELF" => $PHP_SELF,
+				 "CAT_DESC" => stripslashes($rows[$x]["cat_title"])));
+
+	$sub_sql = "SELECT f.* FROM forums f WHERE f.cat_id = '".$rows[$x]["cat_id"]."' ORDER BY forum_id";
+	if(!$sub_result = $db->sql_query($sub_sql))
+	  {
+	     error_die($db, QUERY_ERROR);
+	  }
+	$total_forums = $db->sql_numrows($sub_result);
+	$forum_rows = $db->sql_fetchrowset($sub_result);
+
+	if($total_forums)
+	  {
+	     $template->parse("cats", "catrow", true);
+	     for($y = 0; $y < $total_forums; $y++)
+	       {
+		  $folder_image = "<img src=\"images/folder.gif\">";
+		  $posts = 150;
+		  $topics = 35;
+		  $last_post = "05-10-2000 12:34:33pm<br>by theFinn";
+		  $moderators = "<a href=\"profile.$phpEx?mode=viewprofile&user_id=1\">theFinn</a>";
+		  if($row_color == "#DDDDDD")
+		    {
+		       $row_color = "#CCCCCC";
+		    }
+		  else
+		    {
+		       $row_color = "#DDDDDD";
+		    }
+		  $template->set_var(array("FOLDER" => $folder_image,
+					   "FORUM_NAME" => stripslashes($forum_rows[$y]["forum_name"]),
+					   "FORUM_ID" => $forum_rows[$y]["forum_id"],
+					   "FORUM_DESC" => stripslashes($forum_rows[$y]["forum_desc"]),
+					   "ROW_COLOR" => $row_color,
+					   "PHPEX" => $phpEx,
+					   "POSTS" => $posts,
+					   "TOPICS" => $topics,
+					   "LAST_POST" => $last_post,
+					   "MODERATORS" => $moderators));
+		  $template->parse("forums", "forumrow", true);
+	       }
+	     $template->parse("cats", "forums", true);
+	     $template->set_var("forums", "");
+	  }
+     }
+}
+$template->pparse("output", "body");
 
 
-
+include('page_tail.'.$phpEx);
 ?>
diff --git a/phpBB/page_header.php b/phpBB/page_header.php
index acb48a7f11..a4c4b3d425 100644
--- a/phpBB/page_header.php
+++ b/phpBB/page_header.php
@@ -23,5 +23,28 @@
  ***************************************************************************/ 
 
 
-
+switch($pagetype) 
+{
+ case 'index':
+   $page_title = "Forum Index";
+   $template->set_file(array("overall_header" => "overall_header.tpl",
+			     "header" => "index_header.tpl",
+			     "body" => "index_body.tpl",
+			     "footer" => "index_footer.tpl",
+			     "overall_footer" => "overall_footer.tpl"));
+   $template->set_var(array("SITENAME" => $sitename,
+			    "PAGE_TITLE" => $page_title,
+			    "META_INFO" => $meta_tags,
+			    "TOTAL_POSTS" => $total_posts,
+			    "TOTAL_USERS" => $total_users,
+			    "NEWEST_USER" => $newest_user,
+			    "NEWEST_UID" => $newest_uid,
+			    "USERS_BROWSING" => $users_browsing));
+		      
+   $template->pparse("output", "overall_header");
+   $template->pparse("output", "header");
+   
+   break;
+}
+			    
 ?>