I'm still trying to get a feel for the new plug in system, and my general knowledge of code is miniscule at best, so I was wondering....

I've tried to install this hack, but I am having a problem.

I've already imported the product (product-profpic.xml) and uploaded the image to the images/misc folder, via FTP, but I'm not sure what to do with this bitfield .xml file. Is that a plug in? I tried uploading it as one and it tells me "invalid file specified." Is this supposed to be uploaded via FTP, and if so, where?

Thanks for your patience.

Upload it to your root -> includes -> xml directory.

Common sense finally prevailed. I thank you!

Edit: Almost forgot... /me clicks install!

How much would it take to display the icon to only members who actually have permission to see profile pictures?

easy, just enclose the bit that displays the graphic inside another IF command that is for the specified usergroup only ;)

This Hack requires mySQL > 4.0.4.
Which mySQL Version do you have?

is it run query or slow down the forums?

It works just fine, except that it won't show Icons for pictures that are already present - only for new ones.
Honestly, mySQL 3 is damn old and you really should upgrade (Query Cache, Fulltext Search, etc.)

I don't really understand that question.
But if you mean if it does add overhead: No.
It only executes 1 query when a User updates his profile picture.

It works just fine with mySQL 3- except for the install code.
And mySQL 4.0 is stable ... the current stable release is 5.0!