[MarkB]

This is what I'm using:

- create a new usergroup
- note the usergroup number
- For each user, set this group as a subgroup (alas, for now it can be the only subgroup, but I believe the vB team will be adding some conditional template options to allow for more than one... anyway, for now leave it as the only subgroup for this to work)
- Place the following where you want their 'contributing member' badge/label/whatever to show up:

(I have mine in postbit_userinfo)

<if condition="$post['membergroupids'] == 20">
<br />
<a href="/forum/subscriptions.php"><img src="images/premium_member.gif" border="0" alt="Become a Premium Member!"></a>
<else />&nbsp;</if>

'20' is the premium/contributing member ID, natch.

You'll substitute the above for your own HTML, of course

Mark