[Itchy Nips]

you are correct, sir! I did not have the right code in there. I realized what happened, and this is another feedback for you.

When I pasted that code in replacement of the old code from step 2 (in the instructions), it puts an online status icon next to the username. But their online status also appears where it should (on the bottom of the postbit).

I had to edit your code from this:

PHP Code:

<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
                    <if condition="$show['profile']">
                    <a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><if condition="$post['field8']"><img src="$post[field8]" border="0"/></a> <else />$post[musername]</a></if>
                    $post[onlinestatus]
                    <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                    <else />
                    $post[musername]
                    </if>
                </div> 


to this:

PHP Code:

<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
                    <if condition="$show['profile']">
                    <a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><if condition="$post['field7']"><img src="$post[field7]" width="150" height="30" border="0"/></a> <else />$post[musername]</a></if>
                    <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                    <else />
                    $post[musername]
                    </if>
                </div> 


getting rid of the:

PHP Code:

$post[onlinestatus] 


after the </a></if> code.

it all works fine now
kudos to you!