I checked that node and bio are replaced by content profile module. Yet there is no documentation on advanced profile how those two are connected. I think I got it like this : to use advanced profile ,content profile is a prerequisite .Is that right? Damn, documentation is really hard to find in drupal!

Advanced content profile, is kind of the glue that makes different modules, such as content profile work together.

When I started my "experiments" with profiles, this module was not yet production ready, and therefore, has not been in my sites.

I think I had the same thoughts as you. What exactly does it do. Especially the fact that you need to do some code changes in order for the D5 version to work, I find it strange, and it withheld me from trying it.

Maybe someday I will.

As for the author pane, I understand, if you want to use it for advanced forum, to display the avatar. I'm looking into this at http://drupalfun.com/question/avatar-comments-avatar-posts

Thanks for the enlightenment Dorien!
What is really interesting with author pane is the fact that the comments show the avatar of the poster. On top of that the user relationships uses it for displaying blocks of avatar to display the relationships in the profile which I consider essential for what I want to do. Sadly the documentation is really unapparent. Even if you download the module and check the install.txt for 6.xx it shows the installation steps for D5!! With content profile taking over the bio and node those steps for a newbie is totally useless even to understand what is all about.Thankfully, there is couleeregiononline dot com as a showcase. The author-Michelle is busy making her site and writing a book plus two small children that need their mommy, so I'm already amazed that she continues development and I totally understand the lack of documentantion. Still, it really sucks on my side!!!

Hi,

I just found a way of showing the avatar in your comments, by including this code in your comment.tpl.php, instead of the "if not empty print picture" line:

$node1= content_profile_load(profile, $user->uid);
$alt="alternative text"
$title=$node->title;
print theme('imagecache', 'Mini', $node1->field_avatar[0]['filepath'], $alt, $title, $attributes);


where Mini is your imagecache preset.
(this would be better to put in template.php via preprocess function, but I had no luck with it)

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To include the avatar in authorpane, this post http://drupal.org/node/386756 is very handy.

I will have a look later in the night (I have to study descriptive geometry damn it!) !!!
I'll try to do the workaround with authorpane to see how it works!

apparently simple instructions on Install and enable APK
http://drupal.org/node/517182

I will start with this guide , any suggestions welcome,