whos to say they didnt steal it from me?

I've used this. It does it's job cheers.

Installed

Good work, thank you......

You should replace the font tags with CSS properties

Any why use a manual template edit for what the notice system already does, and there is already a spot on forum home that has this?

thanksss

Thanks for this :)

woow it worked on my forum. see here: http://nulledplanet.com

Thx works great!

Installed on 3.8.2 but i dint replace just add below
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<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<br />
</if>
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and welcome note and join today both are working good

I just put the same thing in Notices and it is at the top where it is most visible. And it is easy to turn on and off, if desired. No template editing needed. Sorry, nothing against your mod, but for me Notices is just easier.