In the post header table the post title is aligned at the bottom and the date is aligned middle. Not too much of an issue until you use a table background image that has a center line.

Can you ID which script this is in. It's probably a simple image align=absmiddle tag than needs adding.

looks like it's on a post, so that'd be showflat.tpl (add showthreaded.tpl if you're using pre7.2.2)

It's in post_top.tpl

When I post without an icon it aligns perfectly. With an icon it displays as pictured above.

If it's in post_top.tpl it's also in post_side.tpl probably!

you may want to look at the box model for each span you have. ie: the icon is 15px x 15px.

now if you have margins + padding + font-size, it maybe that you are rendering the only way the browser can.

you might have to allow for the container to be large enough to verically center or reduce the margin/padding to do it.

@ blaaskaak: That's it, I needed to add it to both and it's now working.

post_side.tpl line 23 add:

<img border="0" src="{$config.BASE_URL}/images/{$style_array.icons}/{$postrow[post].Icon}" {$images.icons} alt="" align="absmiddle" />

post_top.pl line 22 add:

<img border="0" src="{$config.BASE_URL}/images/{$style_array.icons}/{$postrow[post].Icon}" {$images.icons} alt="" align="absmiddle" />

Update: You also have to add it to the locked topic icon:

post_side.tpl line 21 add:

<img src="{$config.BASE_URL}/images/{$style_array.general}/lock.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" />

post_top.tpl line 20 add:

<img src="{$config.BASE_URL}/images/{$style_array.general}/lock.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" />

absmiddle is not xhtml valid; and since we're on a quest for validity it's not a proper fix.

Instead, you should use css as say "vertical-align: middle"; it wouldn't be *exact* center, but it would be valid, and it would be close