[gb2world]

I think you are already pursuing the easiest way to do what you are trying to do. This change should not involve smarty or php - since you are just trying to hard code a few links that are not coming from the database. I think for this change you just need to understand the html & css. If you make the change and let me look at the resultant page, I may be able to tell you what is wrong that might make it disappear. Otherwise, maybe someone familiar with 4.2 and the Artistic Tunes skin might be able to tell you what you need to know. From what I can see, you should be able to replace what you posted with this and see whatever you put in the hor-categories div:

<div class="top-categories">

<div class="hor-categories">
 Put whatever html/css code you want displayed here - you can use the css classes already set up for you or modify to suit your requirements. 
</div>


</div>