So no matter what I do to the "Thread Display Options", posts are still staying on the classic layout for other members, they won't change for me.
This is causing my second problem, which is that awards are not appearing to other users, only me and strangely, guests are able to see them. I am unsure if other admins can see them though.

I moved "{$post['awards']}" from the header postbit to underneath the signature, my awards are too big to fit in that space.

Anyway I can fix this?

~Jon

It will works for users which register after the change of "Thread Display Options".
For current users you will have to change that via phpMyAdmin I think.