I have no idea wtf is going on, but the copy of phpnuke 7.6 that I got does not have Topics in the administration panel... I double checked the files that I uploaded and noted that in the directory /admin, the files for topic in /admin/case, /admin/links, and /admin/modules are not there for the Topics. Now in the directory (root)/modules the Topics module is there in the 7.6 release...

I decided to upload the files from my previous version of phpnuke. I use to have 7.4, but decided 7.6 is the new. I uploaded all the files of 7.6 and re-adjusted to the changes and edited files to fit my criteria. I updated using the update files that come with the release and started working on new graphics. I finished a good load of Topic icons for the News on the front page and discovered that 7.6 didn't have:

case.topics.php
links.topics.php
topics.php


It's giving me strictly Access Deny to the 7.4 version of Topics... Might this involve Nuke Sentinal? And how do I grant access for myself to access Topics?

I figured this one out, in the beginning of Topics.php it stats out global variables, GOD is no longer implemented. The GOD account is known as a Super Admin now. The GOD Account use to be used in the earlier versions of phpnuke, you have to specify the 'if' lines to be looking at the super admin, not godadmins...