Superfish server code problem

Hi,

I'm having a problem with Superfish I'm at a loss as to what the problem might be located, what is the solution so..not knowing where to pinpoint the problem I asked. someone told me that this is probably a server code issue, please read on.

I did a stupid thing, I was looking for a way to reduce the number of SF modules on my Joomla 1.5 site by modifying my module tag to look like this: <jdoc:include type="modules" name="sf-menu" style="html"?php echo $pageclass ? $pageclass : 'default'; ?>" > That last part works well in template div tags but now I know its deadly if included in a module positon.

When I looked into view source, it was blank. I've clawed back somewhat but the menu module still does not show up in view source. Since then I've deleted SF modules, re-installed a backup version of Joomla and put in a new SF module. The site looks OK except no menu appears, nothing in view source that isn't already in Index.php. Also my backup did not load articles, they were all "undefined" which is a minor hassle since I have these in utf-8 text files.

Do I need a Joomla re-install or a full Joomla / server re-install? I really don't know. Any and all help is well appreciated.

Thanks