[Irwin]

Originally Posted by Lynne

No, vbulletin does not put them in braces on the forum index. It must be your skin. Did you try the condition I posted?

"Thanks, your solution worked "

Originally Posted by James Birkett

Your issue on your first problem (I think) is that you are posting their mark-up username (what is set per usergroup) - without the underline.

I will see what I can come up with, and reply.

EDIT:
It seems whatever methods I try - it over-rides current username mark-up.

Take a look at the "$onlinestatus==1" clause:

    <if condition="$onlinestatus==1">
      <a class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #00FF00" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
    <else />
      <a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
    </if>