[kh99]

Originally Posted by archet1337

The code is added to a custom template made by the mod showing the latest threads on my forums.

The template is named "MARCO1 Latest Forum Threads"

I was asking because I was wondering if $post would be defined, but now that I read your description it sounds like you'd want to check the "viewing" user's setting and not a posting user. So I think what you'd want is:

<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field22']=='No'">
code for showing the box here
</vb:if>

(there's no reason to have an 'else' unless you want to insert some alternative HTML).