Thank you so much lopalong, and thanx to all... but excuse my ignorance i still need a little help here...
ok, I am assuming the nav_quick_links.tpl is also for the dynamic menus, (since i am not using the nav menu) ok...
now, to change these variables...
my menus are for everybody ... not just registered user ... and there is nothing for admin either, so ...
i tried to figure out which variable to change it to... only thing i saw was this one:
<!-- BEGIN switch_upi2db_on -->
is this the variable for everybody? should i change all the other variables to this one?
(after reading elpugas, i am so totally lost,
LOL)