Okay, I finally gave in and installed the mod on the custom skin I'm making. Some things definitely need to be done though which I will list further down. But I experienced one problem.... The "settings" section won't show up although I did everything right. See here.

Can someone help me please?
Now, what I believe will benefit this mod is....
1. The dropdown box needs to look the same as the others found throughout the forum, otherwise it just seems a little off....
2. Many people use rectangular avatars rather than square ones. There needs to be something implemented so that the image doesn't get squished down to size.
3. I have done it myself thanks to the code Gemma provided, but in future versions, the mod needs to show the same background colour as the rest of the box, not the colour of the forum's background itself.
4. A number on the sidee indicating the number of notifications the user has waiting for them would be great.
5. The gap between the lines on this is too far apart that it makes it look like something's missing. It needs to be closer together like what I've photoshoped below.
This is only helpful points, so please don't take this as me being bossy or demanding because I only really want to see this mod work. ^_^ Good luck!