i have seen in many forums thhat a moderator or a group member has a heading in his posts in the left saying he/she belons to this group and if he is a moderator it will say he is a moderator and if he is a member it will link as member how to do that can any one tell me this who has more experience please need help .i think this is known as ranking a member

Yes you can, go to:
Administrators Panel -> Users & Groups -> Ranks than click on the 'Add new rank' button.
If you have further questions after, feel free to ask.

i tried this and it doesn't show up as there being a new group

any suggestions?

Atticus290 wrote:i tried this and it doesn't show up as there being a new group

any suggestions?

This topic is asking about ranks, not status. If you would like to create a moderator group, you must go to Groups>Management>Create New Group. After you have finished filling out the required fields, save the information and the go to the permissions link for the group. From there you may select what that group can access and what it may moderate, if there are any at all. If you would like them to show on the legend, make sure you select a color for the group, check off the box asking if you would like to color the group members, and save. If the group does not appear on the legend, you need to go to Users & Groups>User Settings and select yes on Colorized Usernames Enabled.

Lastly, if you need to assign ranks, you need to create one and set it as a special rank. Then you must manually set the rank for each of your moderators through User Management.

Hope this helps.