[Erwin]

You don't really need a hack to do this.

Create a new custom profile field. Call it "Badge". Set it to NO in all options (not customizable by member, not seen in profile etc.)

Find out what the custom profile id number is by putting your mouse over the link to edit it, and looking at the number at the end.

Then, in your postbit template, add this:

<img src=$post[fieldx]>

where you want the "badge" to show up. Replace x with the custom profile id number.

You can do the same for the user's profile - in the "getinfo" template, add this:

<img src=$userinfo[fieldx]>

where you want the "badge" to show up too.

Then, when you want to give a "badge" to a member, go to your Admin CP, edit the user profile, and in that "Badge" custom profile space, put in the full URL to that image. You can use different images for different badges.

Done!