What is my suggestion?
My suggestion is to add coloured names into the 'members online' section.
Example
This just makes staff stand out a bit more, I know it is not essential and you have the online staff list but this could also be used for youtubers ect... and is very easy to add.
(For developers: replace
class="username{xen:if '!{$user.visible}', ' invisible'}{xen:if {$user.followed}, ' followed'}">{$user.username}</a><xen:if is="{$i} < {$onlineUsers.limit}">,</xen:if>My suggestion is to add coloured names into the 'members online' section.
Example
This just makes staff stand out a bit more, I know it is not essential and you have the online staff list but this could also be used for youtubers ect... and is very easy to add.
(For developers: replace
in sidebar_online_users with
class="username{xen:if '!{$user.visible}', ' invisible'}{xen:if {$user.followed}, ' followed'}">{xen:helper richUserName, $user}</a><xen:if is="{$i} < {$onlineUsers.limit}">,</xen:if> ) (This will automatically set the right colour/color for each user group in the online members area.