how to create smaller sub categories
 

2) I have seen few sites where the sub forums are in smaller icons/ subset of the forum of the forums. I would like to create this kind of effect how do this.

Movies (static)
>> Adventure (forum)
>>>> Male (small icons)
>>>> Female (small icons)

2) how do update my replace to set the "revert back" to this updated template?

Thanks You

You'll either need to use some kind of graphics editor (thegimp - free) photoshop (expensive) and a cheap alternative (fireworks) Or locate some pre-made custom sub forum icons. All you have to do is overwrite the existing sub forum icons with new icons by uploading the new icons via ftp to your /statusicon folder.

No templates will need reverting (if I understood you correctly) as your only dealing wwith overwriting an existing image.

shelly thanks for replying

but now my current layout is like the standard vb layout.
but i would like it to display the what are the sub categories in the main page it self.
example