[Scott MacVicar]

It wouldn't really be easier, for two reasons, say there is 25 posts per page and the same person posts 9 times then they're will be a query 9 times to check if he's a mod where you could get away with a temp cache system.

Though what you suggested is good.

PHP Code:

$post[usergroupicon]='<img border="0" src="{ imagesfolder }/'.$post[usergroupid].'.gif">'; 


as the only code and create an icon for every usergroup, just make sure that some are either 0 x 0 pixels and others can be icons.