[Lynne]

I'm pretty sure that 'rank' is the usertitle. So...

Find:

        <!-- user info -->
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0" width="100%">
        <tr>
            <if condition="$show['avatar']"><td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td></if>
            <td nowrap="nowrap">

                <div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
                    <if condition="$show['profile']">
                    <a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
                    $post[onlinestatus]
                    <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                    <else />
                    $post[musername]
                    </if>
                </div>

                <if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
                <if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]

            </td>

Change to:

        <!-- user info -->
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0" width="100%">
        <tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="alt2">
                <div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
                     <if condition="$show['profile']">
                     <a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
                     $post[onlinestatus]
                     <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                     <else />
                     $post[musername]
                     </if>
                 </div>
                <if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
            <if condition="$show['avatar']"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></if>
                <if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
</td>
            <td nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]

            </td>

I think that will work. You could move the template_hook over to the other column also, if you wanted.