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Editing the Main Menu
The Main menu can easily be changed in SMF to add additional links to it and modify existing links.

There are generally two types of menus used in SMF. The one type that typically consists of actual images is either the Babylon theme, the Classic theme or likely a theme that is based on one of them. Themes for SMF 1.0 will only use this style as the other menu style wasn't introduced until the new default theme in SMF 1.1 RC2 was released. For information on how to edit this type of menu, see this:

How do I add buttons to the babylon and classic style themes?

That however, is no longer the most common menu style used in SMF themes. Most themes made now, are based off of the SMF 1.1 "Core" theme, which uses a image-less, tab menu. If you want to edit this menu, the instructions are different from what is above. See the following for how to edit the Main menu for the "Core" style menu:

How do you add custom tabs to the Core (default) theme menu? (Applies to the most people)
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W.Bush made the following comment on November 03, 2008, 06:32:14 PM:

I understand each of the sentences...gramatically. But the context?
How can I decide that WHICH default theme is my currently used theme based on?

I can't simple find any identifier or anything similar thing in the PHP files, that could me lead to what default theme is used my theme. The only thing what I could recognise the syntax used in the PHP files of my theme... This is the only attribute to decide my question?

Thx for the help.

Jade made the following comment on November 03, 2008, 09:18:33 PM:

Well, this covers SMFs themes, not third party themes (anything you download from the themesite). I would say, though don't hold me against it, that most themes are based on CORE anyways.

There are two default themes, the SMF default (CORE), and the forum default (what ever you set in admin) :).

Hope that helps :D.

Dermot made the following comment on April 03, 2009, 10:21:21 PM:

if you use SMF 2.0 +

use the link below, as the edit above is not for 2.0 as it does this differently

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=261880.0