Giving Props to Premium Members

[synergymkt]

Has anyone come up with a clever way to give special consideration or an upgraded look to users at different levels? Is there a way to utilize the s2Member level or the WordPress role?

We have a site utilizing a combination of WordPress, BuddyPress, and s2Member. This site has free members and premium members.

We'd like to give the premium members some preferential treatment ... almost like a featured listing in a directory (i.e. top placement in searches, bold their name, symbol next to their avatar, or any other sign of prominence).

We're not stuck on a particular way to distinguish. We're just looking for a clever solution that accomplishes the goal without rewriting piles of BuddyPress PHP.

[Cristián Lávaque]

You can use the Advanced Query Conditionals to do this in the templates where the user name is shown. You can add a CSS class to the name so you control the look of that group of users with the styles sheet.

WP Admin -> s2Member -> API / Scripting -> Advanced Query Conditionals