Written & originally posted by Opfer.

This is a mod allowing you to give each Member Group (even Moderators) a unique Background-Color, Text-Color, and Background Image. The idea for this mod came from fiik.

This can be used to give member groups more authority and/or the ability to recognise them as an admin/mod immediately or simply to give your forum a unique look.

Install guide

1. Upload all files and folders using the directory structure of the zip-file.
2. Go to the Modification Center in the Admin CP and click "Install" at the mod called "Group_colors".

(Don't worry about the overwritten language files, they just add entries into the gaps)

Users manual

1. Where do I change the Background?

Go to your Admin CP, click on "Change Member Groups" then you can edit an existing member group.

2. New/Edit Member Group

Color of message-index:
This is the background color of the cell that displays Member information on the left of each post of the member. (For example see sample screenshots further below)

Image:
Here you can give the URL of any Image on the web. If you want a relative path to a file on your server it should look like: "/blahdocs/images/background.gif". This will appear in the same cell as "Color of message-index" and it will override the color.

Color/Text-Color:
Text color of the cell mentioned in "Color of message-index".

Leaving one of more fields blank will set them to the values defined by the theme.

If you need any help or if you have found a bug, please post it into this thread.

Here are some sample screenshots taken on my forum to show you the possibilities this mod gives you: