[ButtKnocker]

Has anyone tried this hack for VB 2.2.8? I'm not new to board hacking but I'm new to VB. My version 2.2.8 does not have a members.php. It has member.php and member2.php.

Also, the reason I am looking for this hack is because 2.2.8 has the option for custom avatars from a different url but it always gives a invalid jpeg and gif error. I'm not interested in hosting my own avatars (ie - having the actual files on my server). I'm interested in letting the users do the custom url avatar only.

I read a ton of threads on vbulletin.com about this subject but there seems to be no clear cut answer to why it will not work. Most of the answers are to fix the regular avatar problem of letting users upload their own or use the ones that the board admin hosts on his own server.

I believe I read something over there that the only way to get custom url avatars to work was to look here at vbulletin.org for the hack.

I guess my biggest question is why would VB put an option in there software that does not work without a hack?