[davidw]

on the Latest Threads, all you have to do is go to your templates in the admincp, find the vbnews_ticker template and add Latest threads: before $ticker_titles like this

PHP Code:

<div align="center" style="padding:7px"><marquee width="{$vboptions[tickwidth]}"% height="{$vboptions[tickheight]}" behavior=scroll scrollamount="{$vboptions[tickspeed]}" onmouseover='this.stop()' onmouseout='this.start()'>Latest threads: $ticker_titles</marquee></div> 


or if you want the Latest threads: bolded, add the strong tag <strong>Latest Threads: </strong> such as this:

PHP Code:

<div align="center" style="padding:7px"><marquee width="{$vboptions[tickwidth]}"% height="{$vboptions[tickheight]}" behavior=scroll scrollamount="{$vboptions[tickspeed]}" onmouseover='this.stop()' onmouseout='this.start()'><strong>Latest Threads: </strong>$ticker_titles</marquee></div> 


for the second part, in the edit the plugin in the plugin manager, find vB News Ticker under forumhome_complete.
Look for &nbsp; &nbsp; and put a - (hyphen) in between the two &nbsp; symbols.