[Xplorer4x4]

Smileys will not be parsed. Icons can be removed in the "forumhome_latestthreadbit" template. Simply search for .gif and when you find it you will see it in a code like

PHP Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /> 


Just remove everything starting at <img all the way to the /> including />

and the thread go to new posts, last page, not first

Not sure I follow but you want it to go to the last page of any thread listed in the latest threads table? The only way I could think of doing this is simply to have the template edited so when you click a thread name it would go to the last post of the thread instead of the first unread post. Would you be interested in that?