valign="middle" question

[sabret00the]

how do i get all of this to vertically align to the middle?

 <tr>
 	<td class="thead" $scrolltothis <if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] > 0">style="padding: 1px"</if> valign="middle">
 		<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]; vertical-align: middle;">
 			&nbsp;
 			<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a>&nbsp;</if>
 			<if condition="$show['reputationlink']"><a href="#" onclick="return reputation($post[postid])"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;</if>
 			<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;</if>
 			$post[iplogged]
 		</div>
 		
 		<div class="normal" style="vertical-align: middle">
 			<!-- status icon and date -->
 			<a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
 			<if condition="!$show['start_until_end']">
 		    	$post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
 			<else />
 		    	<phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
 			</if>
 			$post[firstnewinsert]
 			<!-- / status icon and date -->
 		</div>
 	</td>
 </tr>