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is this on a standard page within the wp hierarchy???  if so, that wp global should be available... you could try using the SP global instead which should be set up by the api call...

    <?php 
    sp_forum_api_support();
    global $spThisUser;
    $profile_url = sp_url().urlencode($spThisUser->user_login);
    $avatar = sp_UserAvatar('get=1&context=user', $spThisUser->ID);
    $avatar_url = $avatar->url;
    global $user_ID, $user_identity; 
    ?>

defeated?  never...  but looking at that page, and what is actually going on, I am going to go back to my very first question... is this for the logged in user???

now I can see the answer is no...  so whole different ball game...

not sure where some of the variables in your code come from - should be cbox... so try this:

    <?php 
    global $user_ID, $user_identity; 
    sp_forum_api_support();
    $user_login = get_user_meta($user_ID, 'user_login', true);
    $profile_url = sp_url().urlencode($user_login);
    $avatar = sp_UserAvatar('get=1&context=user', $user_ID);
    $avatar_url = $avatar->url;
    ?>

lol, would be a lot easier if I was on the server and could inspect stuff!

well, still not sure we are talking apples to apples...  what is $user_id???  is the id of the user INSIDE the chatbox that you want a profile for?  its going to be up to the cbox to tell us the ID of that user within the chatbox who posted...  given that variable - and I have been assuming you are saying its $user_ID - I can create the urls for you... 

but from the last post, I cannot tell if that is true...

at this point, easiest thing to do, if you are willing, is to send me via pm, a temp wp admin account for the site and ftp credentials...  then I can play and debug and try to get it working...

well first, that function is not getting called... just $user_ID being used...  and that gets back to the CURRENT logged in user...  when you want to show those avatars in the chat, you want the user id of that user, NOT the current logged in user...  so the chat box has to be providing the user id...  or giving us a prototype such that we can insert a url with a placeholder for the user id...

as I said, I have not idea where $user_ID and $user_identity are coming from in the code snippet you have...  which is why I asked if cbox was filling it for each user in the chat window where you want an avatar and profile link...

I can give you the url prototype, but I cannot create the IDs for the users in the chat box...  but they must know how to do it...