I've read the explanation of what this hack does, and although both our hacks involve custom titles, I believe that how the custom titles are assigned, and the purposes behind the custom titles, are different enough that there is no reason for any concern. Thanks for thinking of me, Velocd, and thanks for the PM, Jen. :)

JJR512's hacks can actually be used in the same way as this - All you have to do is set it editable by user to no, and bingo!

I know its not Usergroup based, but still similar...

Satan

is it possible to let it show an image instead of text???

While I haven't tested this, you should be able to just add standard html IMG tags to the custom status field to show an image for every user of a particular usergroup.

and how would i do that?

Using the standard HTML syntax for adding images. Just use an IMG tag inside the field and you'll be adding that image as the custom group title to each user within that usergroup.

hmmm, i tried that, but it only showed the code, not the image

Regarding custom user titles by user group...

Why not add a second field to the usertitle table for usergroupid? Then, in member.php, newreply.php, and newthread.php change the select statement for user title from "...WHERE minposts <= $bbuserinfo[posts]..." to ""...WHERE minposts <= $bbuserinfo[posts] AND usergroupid=$bbuserinfo[usergroupid]..."

There will also have to be some updates select statements in admin programs, leaving the bulk of the work in usertitle.php

Just an idea if someone is filling to run with it...

This isnt working for me .. I have stars installed could that be causing a problem?

Elly: I'll install Stars on this end and see if there's something that isn't working between the two. Right now I'm not sure if there are any conflicts.

Allstar: I found the problem and will post code tomorrow for you.