Old post, but I figured this out for those searching.
In forumbits.css, forst under forumhead I gave my forumhead a height:
(last line)
Code:
forumhead {
background: {vb:stylevar forumhead_background};
_background-image: none;
padding: 0;
font:{vb:stylevar forumhead_font};
color:{vb:stylevar forumhead_color};
clear:both;
margin-top: 0;
height: 30px;
Then further down, I added the following:
Code:
.forumbit_nopost .forumhead .forumtitle a {
color: {vb:stylevar forumhead_color};
margin-{vb:stylevar left}: {vb:stylevar padding};
padding-left: 120px;
float:left; height:50%; margin-top:4px;
}
The padding pushes it over, and the margin-top pixel count is what moves it up and down, just adjust it to wherever center of your forumhead row happens to be.