Fantastic, i got it moved.

Needed to add this left in the class

<img class="serendipity_entryIcon_left

Like you mean copy the plugin_categories.tpl from templates/2k11/ into the i3theme folder?

Yay! that works 100% thank you

just now need to figure out how to move the icons to infront of the title

the plugin_categories.tpl in the default template

nope still cannot get it to work.
tried various combinations of this "plugin_category.category_icon"

even tried to read through the lang/en files
also tried the {$plugin_category|@print_r}, but it produced nothing that i could see

i am stuck

Get the icon next to the entry title

This is in the entries.tpl in the default template.

<h4 class="serendipity_title"><a href="{$entry.link}">{$entry.title}</a></h4>

<div class="serendipity_entry serendipity_entry_author_{$entry.author|@makeFilename} {if $entry.is_entry_owner}serendipity ...

Yes, the smarty stuff is allready enabled.
I copied the icon code from entries or somewhere, and placed it somewhere in the plugin_categories.tpl, probably the wrong location and the wrong icon if statement with span

is that right? Or could you show me which code i can copy for the icon in the ...

Could anyone please help me put the category icon into the sidebar?

I managed to place the category icon in the top right corner of the entry title, but i cannot put that same code into the plugin_categories.tpl to make it work.

I know we used to be able to do it about 10 years ago or so, but I ...