Need some help!

Hey everyone, I'm currently working on a forums page for my Runescape Private server and I'm a little stumped on a couple of things.

I need to figure out 3 things, maybe you can help me

1. How to make the background not transparent in the section that posts are handled.

2. How to make usernames show up with their respective colors everywhere on the forums, not just on profiles.

3. How to add icons in front of usernames for groups.

any help or anything that could lead me into the right direction would be much appreciated

 

I think this is more of a question for developers/coders rather than designers? It all depends what forum software you are using... etc.

 

vais what forums do you use?
eitherway it should be in ACP under members - member group (for ipb) might be different for vbulletin or enjin etc

 

what software are you using