User info in a colored table

[Grunt]

i searched High and low and im sure its out there, but alas i could not find it - prolly wrong search 'terms'.

i would like to put the userinfo in the postbit into a table and color it - like this:



i know its a simple html edit but im not that proficient at html. heres the part of my postbit where im certain that it goes..

<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<tr>
	<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="175" valign="top" nowrap>
	<a name="post$post[postid]"></a>
	$post[firstnewinsert]
	<normalfont><br><p><div align="center">
$post[avatar]<br><p><b>$post[username]</b></normalfont><br>
	<smallfont>$post[usertitle]</smallfont><br>
	<p></div>
	<br><smallfont>Member Since: $post[joindate]<br>
	Location: $post[field2]<br>
	Posts: $post[posts]<br>
	$onlinestatus</smallfont</tr></td>
	
<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="100%" height="100%" valign="top">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" height="100%">
<tr>