Question More "compact" template layout

I like the looks of the standard Kunena template accept for the fact that it is using a lot of unnecessary space. More or less all templates i find on the internet are merely colour variations of the original ones, and no one is more compact. Therefore, I would like to modify Blue Eagle to a more compact layout similar to the version put together in the attached picture.

Unfortunately I have limited knowledge about programming, but to me, as ignorant, it seems that it should not be to hard relocating some text, and cutting some paddings/buffer zones.

So I wonder:
a) is a change like this fairly easy to achieve, by modifications of the standard template.
b) is there any documentation that could help me to find out what values to modify? Asking here for all kind of problems is rather time consuming, and a misuse of friendly people with better programming knowledge.

Since i haven't got any answers some body might be more prone to answer a more direct question: how do i remove the "now online" button? I tried to do something similar to the solution suggested in this topic www.kunena.org/forum/170-K-17-Templates-...er-in-postview#65405 , but it did not work for the "online button". (How ever an excelent way of getting rid of the dreaded icon below it). Where do i edit what to show in the headline above the message? (Standard is to show the topic name, when the post is made and the number of the post.)

I have by means of digging through code found the worst space consumer. The default css-file has a minimum text area height of 180 px, which will result in inefficient screen usage in case people write short posts. Changing this value (e.g. to 25) gives an tremendous improvement (in my opinion).

I still wonder if it's possible to get rid of the online-offline-notification without editing: template/blue_eagle/html/topic/default_profile_vertical.php

I have managed to get the user name in the top row above the message by tweaking:
template/blue_eagle/html/topic/default_left.php, but since my knowledge in php is close to none it was probably most luck, and it looks pretty bad. I don't know how to control the looks of it. Please help!

Hi,

what you asking for is not simple to do (as kunena template blue_eagle use table for layout) and require changes in template html files which will be lost with kunena update.
Solution is to make your own template and do this change or use some other template.

Thank you for the suggestion. Allthough I'm pretty happy just with changeing the min-height value I will look in to making my own flavour of the blue eagle template.