[Castel]

It sound like what you are looking to do is the Star Hack, just replace the star images with whatever images you like.

My users prefer the Galaga ranking system because the image ranking changes every 10 posts they make. They just love that stuff.

This hack is also a little easier to install I think. It only requires one change in showthread.php and no database changes. What I did is add a mod shield before the actual ranking shields.

change:

PHP Code:

$RankNum = $userpostcount / 10; 
$rank = ""; 


in the Galaga hack (link above) to:

PHP Code:

$RankNum = $post[posts] / 10; 
if (($post[usergroupid] ==5) || ($post[usergroupid] ==6) || ($post[usergroupid] ==7)) {
$rank = "<img src=\"images/ranks/mod.gif\" border=0>";
} else {
$rank = "";
} 


This will give all admins, mods and supermods an extra shield.