try this:
Open SHOWTHREAD template,
FIND:
HTML Code:
<a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&noquote=1&p=$LASTPOSTID"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" ></if></a>
REPLACE WITH:
HTML Code:
<a href="newthread.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newthread&f=$foruminfo[forumid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/newthread.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_new_thread]" border="0" /></a> <a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&noquote=1&p=$LASTPOSTID"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" ></if></a>