This is not profile customization per se - it is just a mod to add a html datatype.

This is what it does...

If you include a text box in the profile it will only allow you to type text into it - if you add html - it converts it so that it displays as text - it basically 'sanitizes' it.

So with this mod - instead of choosing a text box - you can choose a html box. This checks which html elements are being inputted against a list of allowable elements and removes the ones that you don't with see more to be used.

It is simply a mod to provide better functionality - how you implement it is down to you.

Regarding profile customisation - to provide an easy interface to be able to change the profile - each element needs to be controlled via code - this can be very limiting as the elements that can be changed are pre-defined as are the values they can be changed to.

CSS offers the greatest flexibility - give each user access to their own css file - which is unique - they can modify it from a text field in their profile - this way the user can control the position / colour / appearance of the content but cannot actually change the content itself - this also makes mods like the one I mentioned before for block reordering simpler to implement.

This can be further evolved to utilise 'css tags' (imagine BB tags but for CSS) - anybody should be able to understand a simplified version.

Here's an example...

[my_profile_block_name]
[color]blue[/color]
[left]150px[/left]
[top]150px[/top]
[my_profile_block_name]

Can you guess what it does????

In css this would be...

.my_profile_block_name
{
position:absolute;
left:150px;
top150px;
background-color:blue;
}

The css is easier IMO - lol - but you get the general idea.

I have done this on other sites - the css file is called from the database - this means it is fully editable by both the user and by the program

Anyhows.....

I'm rambling and i should be working....

DM.