ok. can i copy that exactly letter for letter, or does it need just a teeny bit of customization?
cause something tells me, i should enter a value for 'userid'. just that i'm not familiar with the values. i remmeber seing some in the breadcrumb menu when i added some links there. i'll look at those and copy the desired one.
thanks again. i'll post again with updates. (i've never done <if> tags. i hope i do ok

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edit: ok. i got confused. those were accesskey's. yah. i don't understand those. i'll just try this out word for word then and hope for the best.
EDIT#2:
OK. so far. not really working out. my logged in users are getting the logged off users line. here's how i put the code you suggested. did i do it right? i'm totally noob with <if> tags sorry.
Code:
<if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']">
<!-- User is logged in -->
<div style="border:0px dotted black; width:400px;padding-top:10px;margin-top:0px;float:right;" align="$stylevar[right]">
<else />
<!-- User is not logged in -->
<div style="border:0px dotted black; width:100px;padding-top:10px;margin-top:0px;float:right;" align="$stylevar[right]">
</if>
<!-- controls -->