remote hosted avatars mod request

[CrazyLady]

Good afternoon,

I have see a couple mods to add this feature for board members, however they don't seem to work properly. One replaces the upload feature and there for disables the ability to upload. I want to keep the option to select member groups to upload their images. Can we add a remove avatar field, below the Pre-defined Generic Avatars, offered to all members who can access the Pre-defined Generic Avatars.

Most, if not all my members host their own avatars and would like to use them at my site?

I have seen remarks made that hot linking is frowned upon, and yes they are right, but these are legitimately hosted images, just like my members images used in their signatures. I mean, why do we have the VB code [img] if it's not to link to images?

My members are screaming to get their avatars back, as I recently moved to VB from another board, where they could link to their avatars.

Any suggestions, ideas, or the mod itself would be very much appreciated by me and many others who are seeking this hack.

Thanks in advance,
CL