Reputation Questions?

[C Braithwaite]

Firstly, how is reputation worked out? in my database the reputation field says 571, however when displayed using userinfo['reputation'] i get 1033 - why?

second question
i am using fetch_reputation_image($vbulletin->userinfo, $userperms); in a custom page to return the user's reputation image. (is this the best way of doing so in a custom page?) how would i go about displaying the reputation image for another user on my custom page?



Ta, Chris.