chadcham,
The trouble you are having with the table prefix sounds like your 'forum directory' is not set correctly (or you don't have a $_SERVER variable...
Make sure the 'forum directory' does not start or end with a slash, and make sure it is based on the website root
i.e
Site =
www.yoursite.com
Forum =
www.yoursite.com/folder1/forum
Forum Directory = folder1/forum
mbayhylle,
What version of the connector are you using?
Can either or you look at the php info screen from within the Joomla admin screens? Copy the text to another post if you would...
Greg