[kurtbarker]

I combined peterska2's box code with her center code:

<table class="tborder" border="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="thead" align="center" colspan="6">Status Icons</td>
</tr>
<tr  class="alt1">
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
            <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
            <td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
        </tr>
</table>

It works wonders