Also, nope, you can't. ;u; Only specific variables load in specific Layout Templates. WHICH... STINKS, BUT... ALAS...
Wait, heck, this might be easier said than done. strokes chin
A'IGHT, GOT IT. This isn't the perfect reach-around, but Proboards stinks, so this'll have to do.
Go to your Layout Templates. Go to the Thread Template, and then the Post List tab.
On line 28, you'll find this: <div class="message">$[post.message]</div>
Replace the whole line with this: <div class="message"><div class="c-$[post.created_by.group.name]">$[post.message]</div></div>
In your CSS, you'll now be able to style anything within that new class c-$[post.created_by.group.name] to change colors how you want.
Let's say you're trying to change the background color of a a class named "colortop", and the character's group is is called "Group". The group's color is #ff0000. In your CSS, you can write something like this:
.c-Group .colortop { background-color:#ff0000!important; }
Since you still can't call on the $[user.group.color] variable in your CSS, you'll have to do this manually for each group, unfortunately. :'D
So if you were changing the background-color for one class for three different groups, it'd look like:
.c-GroupOne .colortop { background-color:#ff0000!important; }
.c-GroupTwo .colortop { background-color:#00ff00!important; }
.c-GroupThree .colortop { background-color:#0000ff!important; }
And... honestly, I'm not sure if that will work if your group's name has a space in it............. sweats
Actually, I don't think it would.
