Okay - maybe I am an idiot - but can anyone tell me why this doesn't work? What have I missed?
Obviously under 7.2.x you need to alter post_side.tpl and post_top.tpl - and I have simplified the code - but it should still work...
{if $smarty.section.post.iteration == 1}
<br /><br /> <span class="small">
<a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&title={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/delicious.gif" border="0" alt="Add {$postrow[post].Subject} to Del.icio.us" /></a>
<a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&title={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/digg.gif" border="0" alt="Digg {$postrow[post].Subject}" /></a>
<a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&t={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/yahoomyweb.gif" border="0" alt="Add {$postrow[post].Subject} to Yahoo My Web" /></a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&bkmk={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&title={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/googlebookmarks.gif" border="0" alt="Add {$postrow[post].Subject} to Google Bookmarks" /></a>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&t={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/facebook.gif" border="0" alt="Add {$postrow[post].Subject} to Facebook" /></a>
<a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url={$config.FULL_URL}/ubbthreads.php{$var_start}ubb{$var_eq}showflat{$var_sep}Number{$var_eq}{$postrow[post].Number}#Post{$postrow[post].Number}&title={$postrow[post].Subject}" target="_blank"><img src="{$config.FULL_URL}/images/social/stumbleupon.gif" border="0" alt="Add {$postrow[post].Subject} to Stumbleupon" /></a>
</span>
{/if}However all I get are html links, then the image.
at the moment - but expanding all the time....) 
