Hmm, ok, thanks for the insight. Unfortunately I dont know much about what youre saying (im dumb). lmao I just found that code somewhere in a post last night while searching vb.org.
The thing is, I'm using the Vietbb side column mod. As you may know, it doesn't work properly when you code it into forum_display (it works on index fine, but if you dont want it on evry page, you ahve to manually add it to whatever pages you want. Since I dont want it on showthread, I had to add it to forum_display only). The User Information box will show up, but the avatar doesnt. Soooo I got it to show with that code above, but not when someone doesnt have an avatar.
Is there a basic piece of code I could use instead of that? Im really not good with this stuff at all. lol
Thanks for the help so far!