HI ssilenthill,
You are right it is anoying throwing different codes in.
I used another profile number instead of 20 I used 17 then go to your registration settings and chance Custom Registration Field # 2: make it a optional field and put in Avatar url:
In the public_topic_page.pl do not forget to chance the $this_img to $this_extimg.
One irritating thing is that if a user select a avatar AND an external avatar you will see two avatars.
Hope that helps
