Shoutbox

I was trying some things in the conversation window but I didn't come around to make them work so I want to ask if anyone knows a way to make them work. I was trying to align the display pictures to the left, to add the contact's status next to its name and to add a "Change Status" button in the main toolbar. For the first one, I only managed to move the hide/show DPs button to the left. For the status one, it only hide the name and replaced it with this ( ). About the new button, I know it can be done but I haven't found the right code yet. So, anyone who can help?