That did the trick... I think ... well something worked.
I read the post then refreshed my problem page/xoops site without changing anything & it worked.
It must be the positive chi from the XOOPS Community.
Thanks again.
<table cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td id="usermenu">
<a class="menuTop" href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php"><{$block.lang_youraccount}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/edituser.php"><{$block.lang_editaccount}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/notifications.php"><{$block.lang_notifications}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php?op=logout"><{$block.lang_logout}></a>
<{if $block.new_messages > 0}>
<a class="highlight" href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}> (<span style="color:#ff0000; font-weight: bold;"><{$block.new_messages}></span>)</a>
<{else}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}></a>
<{/if}>
<{if $xoops_isadmin}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/admin.php"><{$block.lang_adminmenu}></a>
<{/if}>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td id="usermenu">
<{if $xoops_isadmin}>
<a class="menuTop" href="<{$xoops_url}>/admin.php"><{$block.lang_adminmenu}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php"><{$block.lang_youraccount}></a>
<{else}>
<a class="menuTop" href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php"><{$block.lang_youraccount}></a>
<{/if}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/edituser.php"><{$block.lang_editaccount}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/notifications.php"><{$block.lang_notifications}></a>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/user.php?op=logout"><{$block.lang_logout}></a>
<{if $block.new_messages > 0}>
<a class="highlight" href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}> (<span style="color:#ff0000; font-weight: bold;"><{$block.new_messages}></span>)</a>
<{else}>
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/viewpmsg.php"><{$block.lang_inbox}></a>
<{/if}>
</td>
</tr>
</table>