Remove a few items from the template

[trenchteam]

I would like to remove the news completely from the header in the default template.  How can I comment it out?

I would also like to remove the USERS ACTIVE IN THE LAST: at the bottom of the default template. How can I accomplish this?

Thanks for your assistance in advance.

[Deaks]

what smf version do you use?

[trenchteam]

The latest. 1.1rc2