User title graphics: Hack needed?

[mjames]

I have added user title graphics to my moderators on my message boards (similar to what SitePointForums.com has done) and the only way I figured out how to do this was manually edit moderator's options in the CP and add the HTML for the graphic.

Ideally, I'd like to have it so certain graphics go underneath different usergroup's user titles - but can you do that? I tried coding the HTML into a usergroup's properties and it didn't work.

Since custom user titles are enabled, if my moderators change their titles, they will lose their graphic unless they code it in. There has to be a better way to do this, what I'm doing is not complicated. So, perhaps I overlooked a way to do this - should I be looking for a hack? Thanks for your assistance.