OMG just no!
Disregarding the points I made in my post and my specific discussion of that exact suggestion, meanwhile taking a quote out of context to make that point, is not a great way to convince me of your argument...I think the quickest and easiest solution is this one:
http://xenforo.com/community/thread...ve-outside-of-avatar-image.78456/#post-795438
Since XF is already using "banners" and users could quickly change the colors, etc.
Disregarding the points I made in my post and my specific discussion of that exact suggestion, meanwhile taking a quote out of context to make that point, is not a great way to convince me of your argument...
I've seen some examples of really significant banners (over the avatar, full width banners like the "staff member" one, etc) that really don't fit the goal of being understated and significantly over value the information, IMO.
Just a completely different concept:
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Although this does move the username, I don't think it's quite as distracting as it would be on the main message user info username.
But it's still quite subtle and goes some way to answer some of the feedback so far.
I understand that the "Staff Banner" is too big, but I think something like this is very nice:
Personally, I like this arrangement
Personally, I like this arrangement:
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