I got this working... but I copied/pasted it in my header and it "pushed" the other elements in my header down, thereby throwing the alignment of images off. Is there an easy way to alter the code so that it is displayed in the header without taking up any additional vertical space?

I just tried this out on one of my test skins and it did not push anything for me. Do you have a link to your board so I can see what it is doing?

Why doesn't the notification drop down exist with this? O_o

Notification drop down? Are you referring to the navbits part?

yes

The reason was I personally don't like them. With a little know how you can keep them. If you have an issue with keeping it or putting it back in let me know and I can get you the right code to have that included.

Thank you

thanks very good