Ok, more reading and more tests and still a blank page

Here's a test:
6) Blank screen? That is a clear sign of a php fatal error either do to configuration or memory allocation. Turn your joomla error reporting in joomla global configuration->server tab to maximum. If you do not see the error being displayed on the page after doing so you will need to check your php error_log. The php error_log location is defined in your php.ini and will be different on just about every host. To find its location check either with your webhost or read about it on
www.php.net. If you are unable in any way to get the error_log you can enable it at runtime by adding the following code to your joomla index.php file at the top:
Code:
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', 'error_log');
This will write a file in your joomla root with any error messages that occur.
Here's what came back in the error log:
[27-Jun-2008 14:13:46] PHP Fatal error: Unknown(): The script tried to execute a method or access a property of an incomplete object. Please ensure that the class definition jsmffrontend of the object you are trying to operate on was loaded _before_ the session was started in D:\hshome\XXXXXXXX\1925theband.com\forums\components\com_smf\smf.php on line 106
Here is line 106:
//load the parameters (shouldn't we have them from the load in index.php?)
$jsmfConfig = $jsmf->loadParams);
At this point I'm willing to try anything. I don't want to move to phpbb3 but this isn't looking to promising at this point.
Please help......