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Originally Posted by Smoothie

Nice one, but that's a whole lot of work just to show remote avatars. This should be built-in by default. IBP has it built-in, it's great for having a rotating image as your avatar.

I agree, it was definitely a lot of work for a feature that should be included as standard.

Originally Posted by Smoothie

Any other method this could be done without all that work?

Well, I designed this modification with a few specifications in mind:

1. It must allow both remote and local avatars (uploaded not required).
2. It must prevent the use of html code and dynamic images
3. The standard avatar size was 117x117, to prevent layout damage I either had to force all avatars to 117x117 or allow users to set the size
4. I made the code so it would obey the "Show Avatars" option

Ways to reduce the work:

• If you don't need local avatars, two fields can be removed: Avatar, Default Avatar - You will need to change a condtition to not display any avatar if Custom Avatar is blank
• If you want to force remote avatars to a specific size (ie. 80x80) or have no limit, two fields can be removed: Custom Avatar Width, Custom Avatar Height
• The SQL queries do not have to be run, I included them to ensure no existing members caused display errors