Heres a better newsbit to work with. A little less liek a post, and a bit more like news. Has a comment link as well as a cut off link for text extending the limit of characters.
PHP Code:
<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="100%">
<tr id="cat">
<td align=left width="50%" bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" ><normalfont>$article[icon] <a href="$bburl/showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$post[threadid]"><b>$post[icon] $post[title]</b></a><normalfont></td>
<td align=right width="50%" bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}">
<normalfont><b>$post[username]</b></normalfont>
<font size=1><i>$post[usertitle]</i></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" >
<table bgcolor="{pagebgcolor}" width="{tablewidth}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="10"><img width="10" height="1" src="{imagesfolder}/space.gif" alt=""></td><td width="100%"><!-- spacer -->
<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center" ><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="175" valign="top" nowrap>
<a name="post$post[postid]"></a>
$post[firstnewinsert]
$post[avatar]
</td>
<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="100%" valign="top">
<p><normalfont>$post[message] <br><div align=center><a href="$bburl/showthread.php?threadid=$post[threadid]">[Read Full Article]</a></normalfont></div></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="175" height="16" nowrap><smallfont>$post[foldericon]
$post[postdate] <font color="{timecolor}">$post[posttime]</font></smallfont></td>
<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="100%" valign="middle" height="16">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td><smallfont>$onlinestatus
$post[profile] $post[pmlink] $post[useremail] </smallfont></td><td align=center><smallfont><a href="$bburl/newreply.php?threadid=$post[threadid]">>>Comment<<</a></td>
</smallfont>
<td align="right" nowrap><smallfont>
<a href="$bburl/editpost.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editpost&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="{imagesfolder}/edit.gif" border="0" alt="Edit/Delete Message"></a>
<a href="$bburl/newreply.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=newreply&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="{imagesfolder}/quote.gif" border="0" alt="Reply w/Quote"></a>
</smallfont></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>
<!-- spacer --></td><td width="10"><img width="10" height="1" src="{imagesfolder}/space.gif" alt=""></td></tr></table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>