I saw this plugin and said to myself it's great. Just before I did an install I read the whole thread and someone said to write html in the description (AdminCP -> Forum Manager -> Edit Forum -> Description).
so if you just put that at the beginning of your text:
Code:
<img src="path/to/icons/your_icon.png" align="left" border="0" />My forum description.
it does the same thing if I'm not mistaken? Or maybe this plugin does more? So no need to install a plugin or change any templates. Except if you want something like some people requested, to put the icon to take the full size, it may be an interesting plugin.