navbar template customization

[psypher]

I have become fairly good at modifying the vbulliten software and haven't really run into any road blocks until now. I am trying to update my site to a new design. I have been able to change everything except the navbar.

My site is www.epeenery.com

My new design is here: http://graphorce.com/clientfiles/epeen/

From everywhere I have looked nobody has successfully been able to do much with the navbar other then add tabs and change the look. I can make mine look like the design through hardcoding but then I am missing the navlinks below the navtabs.

Are there any VB conditional statements I can use to and syntax to call the plugin hooks for the navlinks below based on what page I am on? Or does it have to revolve around:
<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['selectednavtab'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'search'">.

I am not using the navtab, I have my own objects in thier place. Even the professional sites I have looked at have not overcome this what seems to be a limitation of the VB software. Is there anyone out there that knows a way around this problem and can throw a little knowledge my way.

Thanks