It seems that your header template has been reverted,maybe when john did the header for you.
I think your best bet would be to ask on vBskinworks,that first bit of code is right since this is what i think should be there from viewing the source code.
Code:
<td width="47"><a href="index.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/home.jpg" width="47" height="30" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="83" id="usercptools"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/quicklinks.jpg" width="83" height="30"><script type="text/javascript">vbmenu_register("usercptools",true); </script></td>
<td width="66"><a href="usercp.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/usercp.jpg" width="66" height="30" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="70"><a href="memberlist.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/members.jpg" width="70" height="30" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="73"><a href="register.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/register.jpg" width="73" height="30" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="77"><a href="calendar.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/calendar.jpg" width="77" height="30" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="56" id="navbar_search"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/search.jpg" width="56" height="30"><script type="text/javascript">vbmenu_register("navbar_search",true); </script></td>
<td width="54"><a href="faq.php"><img src="/forum/soness/misc/faq.jpg" width="54" height="30" border="0"></a>
He must have it reading from another file since your header on your forum but without seeing the files i would not know where he has put it.