bitg: I just noticed that the welcome panel not only appears on the CMPS, but on every other page as well...This is puzzling indeed, and on top of that, the forum stats and the new posts varibles are also missing. I'll have to keep working on this.
turbidblue: Your navbar should remain intact, because all you have to do is edit the navbar template. The Banner will remain intact as well, as this does not edit the Header template. But since that is a type of style I have never dealt with before, I'm not certain, but all should remain.