separate threads/posts on forumhome

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Okay, I've been struggling to get this sorted out for a while. I'd like the forumhome to have threads and posts in their separate columns, instead of the same one.

I've followed the instructions in this thread but it wasn't good enough - the result wasn't really separate columns, but post count and thread count next to each other. It looked awkward and poorly designed.

What I'm aiming for is what older versions of vb had. I've tried a lot of css edits in forumbits.css but no luck. I've tried separating the postcount and the threadcount and giving them separate ids but still can't can't get it to look anything close to proper.

I feel like this is probably a common mod, but searching doesn't show any results. IF there is a thread, could someone point me to it? Any tips or help is greatly appreciated.

I'm getting closer, but can't quite get it. This is the closest I've managed: