Mach es mal so:
index_boardbit1
<tr>
<td style="width:55%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" colspan=2><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td><img src="{imagefolder}/$onoff.gif" border=0> </td>
<td><normalfont><a href="board.php?boardid=$boards[boardid]&sid=$session[hash]"><b>$boards[title]</b></a></font><smallfont>$boards[description]$subboards</font></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[postcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[threadcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:260px" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" nowrap>$lastpost</td>
</tr>
index_boardbit2
<tr>
<td style="width:5%" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" align="center"><img src="{imagefolder}/$onoff.gif" border=0></td>
<td style="width:50%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" ><normalfont><a href="board.php?boardid=$boards[boardid]&sid=$session[hash]"><b>$boards[title]</b></a></font><smallfont>$boards[description]$subboards</font></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[postcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[threadcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:260px" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" nowrap>$lastpost</td>
</tr>
index_boardbit3
<tr>
<td style="width:5%" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" align="center"><normalfont> </font></td>
<td style="width:50%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" ><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr>
<td><img src="{imagefolder}/$onoff.gif" border=0> </td>
<td><normalfont><a href="board.php?boardid=$boards[boardid]&sid=$session[hash]"><b>$boards[title]</b></a></font><smallfont>$boards[description]$subboards</font></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[postcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:5%" id="tablea" bgcolor="{tablecolora}" align="center" nowrap><normalfont>$boards[threadcount]</font></td>
<td style="width:260px" id="tableb" bgcolor="{tablecolorb}" nowrap>$lastpost</td>
</tr>
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hab ich zwar noch nicht ausprobiert aber versuchen kannst du es ja einmal (häbe die alten tpls. aber vorsichtshalber mal auf)