Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > select the forum to edit > Prefix for Forum Status Images Here is the help file for that:
So, if you put the word "hello_" into that box, you would need to create five new status icons with that prefix - hello_forum_link.gif, hello_forum_new.gif, etc.
Thanks for that Lynne. I knew an option to do this was possible but didnt know how to do this.