I am wondering how I modify the area on the top right of the header where it has the below information:
YOUR SITE ETC | LINKS IF YOU LIKE
SOME MENULINK | LINK NR 2
themes/yourtheme/template.html
im new to this also, how do you get to where you need to edit? im a complete noob at this
open the file with a text editor. It's plain html, but if you don't have html basic knowledge it would be hard for you to do something.
I'm not sure what changes you are wanting to make, but the text you are referring to can be found in:
themes >> blackbirch >> template.html
Open up that file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad) and look around lines 23/24:
SITE ETC | LINKS IF YOU LIKE</strong><br />
SOME MENULINK | LINK NR 2</span><br />
But as Joachim says, you'll need at least a basic knowledge of HTML to make sensible changes.