I haven't been successful in getting an answer as to why the Topic Icons are displaying vertically when I go to create a topic.
There are many possible reasons why topic icons (or other elements of
Kunena) may display vertically instead of horizontally.
Some possible reasons are explored in the following topics:
There have been other cases reported as well. In all cases, the fix is to make some changes to the CSS. If you want help to customise your CSS, there are people who can do this. Some people charge a few dollars to assist with customising CSS. If you want free help then you may have to wait a while. If you want "immediate" help then it may be worth considering paying a few dollars to get professional assistance. In any event, in order to help you it is necessary for someone to login to you site and see, at first hand, what is happening.
So I'd like to remove them all together - is that possible?
As far as I know (and I could be wrong) there is no configuration setting to remove topic icons. It's possible to remove topic icons by creating your own Kunena template. It's also possible to hide the icons with CSS but the actual code depends on whether you are using
Blue Eagle or
Crypsis (or perhaps something else).
One other way to figure out your own solution is to use a browser-based web-design tool (like
Firebug for
Firefox) and experiment with different CSS rules. Alternatively, try a different Joomla template. Sorry, I can't be more specific that this.