hiding post counts
 

i was wondering if there was anything that i could hide post counts from certain user groups

Use template conditionals:

<if condition="!in_array($post['usergroup'], array(5,6,7,8,9))"> $post[posts] </if>

I'm not sure the $post['usergroup'] is correct, but it is the basic structure that you would need to handle the check.

If you want to hide it from certain user groups I think you need to use $vbulletin->userinfo[usergroupid] as opposed to the checking the usergroup of whoever wrote the post.

You should use the following:

If he is using it in a template are they allowed? (the apostrophes) or doesn't make much difference, I remember reading somewhere that it should be avoided in templates.

I think in templates it's better to not quote the array key, because they're stripped out when the template is stored, but don't quote me on that.

which template should i add this too and where abouts

It depends; if you'd like the Post count hidden only from the Postbit, then you'd edit the postbit or postbit_legacy template (depending on which your forum uses). Post counts are also displayed on User Profiles (MEMBERINFO template) and the Member List (memberlist_resultsbit template).

In the postbit templates you're looking for $post[posts] and in the MEMBERINFO and memberlist_resultsbit templates, you're looking for $userinfo[posts].

thanks