Adding navbits to coppermine template

[arestech]

I want to add the navbits to the coppermine index/template.html. I know how to on other page and outside of vb, but coppermines template file is .html and cannot be changed to .php. Is anyone here familiar with coppermine that has any advice on doing this? I've also just posted on the coppermine forum asking how to setup server side includes when the template.html can't be changed to php. Any helps appreciated thanks