ok will do. i lied though i have one more lame question (im WAY more rusty then i thought)
in my theme i dont have an unread posts link, and i want one. at the top there is a line to show the topics by how many members and the new member. i want to replace that. so i found (index.template)
<div id="userinfo">
<b>', $context['common_stats']['total_posts'], '</b> ', $txt[95], ' ', $txt['smf88'], ' <b>', $context['common_stats']['total_topics'], '</b> ', $txt[64], '- ', $txt[525], ' <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>', $context['common_stats']['total_members'], '</b> ', $txt[19], '</span> -
', $txt[656], ': <b> ', $context['common_stats']['latest_member']['link'], '</b>';
echo '
</div>
And nothing i do will allow me to change it. I basically want something dumb like
echo '<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=unread;start=0">' , View Unread Posts..., '</a></li>';
But it wont work inside that div....