[Preech]

Replace your af_articlebit with this.

PHP Code:

<div style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;<vb:if condition="$row>1">border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted;</vb:if> overflow: hidden; clear: both;">
<div>
    <div class="title">
        <h3 style="font: normal normal bold 14px/normal Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; margin: 5px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none;">
        {vb:raw thread.prefix_rich}
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}" id="thread_title_{vb:raw thread.realthreadid}" <vb:if condition="$show['gotonewpost']">style="font-weight:bolder"</vb:if>>
                <span>{vb:raw thread.threadtitle}</span>
            </a>
        </h3>
    </div>
    <div style="color: #3E3E3E; display: block; font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 2px; position: relative; top: 0px; width: 100%;">
        {vb:phrase by_x_published_x, {vb:raw thread.postuserid}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw post.date}}
    </div>
    <div class="content" style="padding-top: 10px;">
        <vb:if condition="$thread['attachmentid'] && $thread['extension']">
        <div style="float: {vb:stylevar left}; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; {vb:raw thumbdivstyle}">
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
                <img src="attachment.php?attachmentid={vb:raw thread.attachmentid}&amp;stc=1&amp;thumb=1" alt="" border="0" />
            </a>
        </div>
        </vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$thread['altimage'] && $thread['image']">
        <div style="float: {vb:stylevar left}; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; {vb:raw thumbdivstyle}">
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
                <img src="{vb:raw thread.image}" alt="" border="0" style="max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px;  width: expression(this.width > 100 ? 100: true);" />
            </a>
        </div>
        </vb:if>
        <vb:if condition="$vboptions['af_threadpreview'] != 0">{vb:raw thread.preview}</vb:if>
    </div>
    <div style="clear: both;display: block;float: {vb:stylevar left};margin-bottom: 5px;padding: 0px;position: relative;width: 100%;">
        <span class="readmore" style="clear: left;float: right;font-weight: bold;text-align: right;width: 50%;">
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}">
            {vb:phrase article_read_more}
            <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/read_more-{vb:stylevar right}.png" alt="{vb:phrase article_read_more}" title="{vb:phrase article_read_more}" style="position: relative; top: 2px;" />
            </a>
        </span>
        <span class="commentnumber">
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}#comments">
            <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/firstnew-comment.png" alt="" class="inlineimg" style="position: relative; top: 2px;" />
            </a>
            <a href="{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}#comments">
            {vb:phrase x_article_replies, {vb:raw thread.replycount}}
            </a>
        </span>
    </div>
</div>
</div> 


For the category block...look through the af_articles template. It's in there.