[TheMilkCarton]

Wasn't really sure if I should bump this.. but what the heck.

I was looking to do the same thing for the Journal, and I think I've got it figured out.

PHP Code:

$profpic = fetch_userinfo($journalinfo['journalist_id']);
        if ($vbulletin->options['usefileavatar'])
        {
            $profpic['profilepicurl'] = $vbulletin->options['profilepicurl'] . '/profilepic' . $profpic['userid'] . '_' . $profpic['profilepicrevision'] . '.gif';
        }
        else
        {
            $profpic['profilepicurl'] = 'image.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . 'u=' . $profpic['userid'] . "&dateline=$profpic[profilepicdateline]&type=profile";
        }  
        if ($profpic['profilepicrevision'] == '0')
        {
         $show['profilepic'] = false;
        }
        else
        {
         $show['profilepic'] = true;
         } 


Then in my journal_journalpage template:

<if condition="$show['profilepic']"><td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap" align="top">
<img src="$profpic[profilepicurl]" $profpic[profilepicsize] alt="$profpic[username]" border="0" />
		</td></if>

It seems to work fine, but I've only tested this with Profile Pics in the filesystem, and also the $show['profilepic'] code I used is filesystem specific. I couldn't figure out any other way to keep the dreaded "Red X" from showing in IE.

Big thanks to Paul M for helping and Rich for asking!!