thank you for that. It worked
for other people that want to do this, here's the whole code for /includes/boxes/links.php
<!-- links.php //-->
<tr>
<td>
<?php
$info_box_contents = array();
$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_LINKS);
new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false, tep_href_link(FILENAME_LINKS));
while($link = tep_db_fetch_array($link_featured_query))
{
$info_box_contents = array();
$info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'center',
'text' => '<a href="' . $link['links_url'] . '" target="_' . $openMode . '">' . $link['links_title'] . '</a><br>');
new infoBox($info_box_contents);
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- links.php_eof //-->