[wpeloquin]

you can do this via template edits.

to place a navbar above your welcome/breadcrumbs, copy everything within the <!-- nav buttons bar --> and <!-- /nav buttons bar -->

it'll look something similar to:

<!-- nav buttons bar -->
<div align="center">
	<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
	<tr align="center">
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			      <td id="usercpoptions" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a>
        <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercpoptions"); </script></td>
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
		</if>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/misc.php?$session[sessionurl_q]do=cfrules">Forum Rules</a></td>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/misc.php?$session[sessionurl_q]do=csrules">Server Rules</a></td>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/downloads.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[ecdownloads_downloads]</a></td>
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/arcade.php$session[sessionurl_q]">Arcade</a></td>
		<if condition="$show['popups']">		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
		<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<td id="navbar_search" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></if></td>
			</if>
			<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>		
			</if>
		<else />		
			<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
				<else />
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
				</if>
			</if>
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
			<if condition="$show['member']">			
				<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('http://forums.rkccs.com/misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_buddy_list]</a></td>			
			</if>			
		</if>
		<if condition="$show['member']">
			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

then at the bottom of the page, include your popup code

<!-- USERCP POPUP -->
<if condition="$show['popups'] AND $show['member']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercpoptions_menu" style="display:none">
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">		
	<tr><td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_control_panel]</a></td></tr>	
	<if condition="$show['pmstats']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[private_messages]</a></td></tr></if>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="subscription.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[subscribed_threads]</a></td></tr>
	<if condition="$show['siglink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editsignature">$vbphrase[edit_signature]</a></td></tr></if>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editoptions">$vbphrase[edit_options]</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[miscellaneous]</td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[my_profile]</a></td></tr>
	</table>
</div>
</if>
<!-- /USERCP POPUP -->

<!-- PM POPUP -->
<if condition="$show['popups'] AND $show['member']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="pmoptions_menu" style="display:none">
	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">		
	<tr><td class="thead" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[private_messages]</td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl_q]folderid=0" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[inbox]</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl_q]folderid=-1" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[sent_items]</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm">Compose Message</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=trackpm">$vbphrase[track_messages]</a></td></tr>
	<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editfolders">$vbphrase[edit_folders]</a></td></tr>
	</table>
</div>
</if>
<!-- /PM POPUP -->

this is custom code from my site, http://rkccs.com for a live demo. i also attached some SS's of when logged in.