[Spangle]

This is a good idea, but the background and border make it look really ugly, so I would suggest removing the bit in red

<!-- SHOW OP IMAGE FOR POSTS -->

<vb:if condition="$thread[postusername]==$post[username]">
<div align="left" style="float:left;padding:7px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#252525;border:1px solid #000000;">
<img src="images/OP.png" alt="{vb:raw post.username} started this thread." />
</div>
</vb:if>

<!-- SHOW OP IMAGE FOR POSTS -->

Also for 4.2 Patch 3 the find is wrong, if you place it below this code :

					<dd id="reppower_{vb:raw post.postid}_{vb:raw post.userid}">{vb:raw post.reppower}</dd> 
						</vb:if>
					</vb:if>
				</dl>
				</vb:if>

It will appear above the contact icons