thanks for the reply. ok, so even though i'm signed in on texags and can post/view premium (all through forums.texags.com), etc., it is actually not signed in on the search page (texags.com). when i go to sign in i get forwarded automatically to the https version (https://texags.com/). i can sign in to that, but as soon as the login operation is done it takes me back to the http side and shows me not signed in to that (texags.com). if i try to go to the https version of the search page, i get forwarded immediately back to the http version. thus i seem unable to actually sign in and use the search page.
note: i tried pulling up the https site of forums.texags.com, but i get a warning because the cert is not signed for forums.texags.com and identifies itself as just texags.com
another note: mobile search does still work fine and keeps me signed in