[EnriqueHavoc]

thanks tigga i got that part.. but i do want to keep the news. I guess what im asking is how to keep the index + newsbits page as it is, but also have multiple links (located in one of the custom template windows) that bring up other content pages where the newsbits go.

Id like to build an entire site around myvbindex. When someone clicks on one of the links- instead of going to an entirely new page, it will just swap out the newsbits with another template and keep everything else from the index page.

am i overcomplicating or is this possible?

are you saying i should copy the index.php page, rename it to whatever.php, edit out the newsbits and add the new content, then link to that(whatever.php) from the index? will the user login and other stuff still work like that?