No I'm running 2.0.1-rc1 - I think it is my own code: <?php if(get_query_var('author_name')) : $curauth = get_userdatabylogin(get_query_var('author_name')); else : $curauth = get_userdata(get_query_var('author')); endif; ?> But I may be wrong. Just wondered if anything WP I call here had changed. Thanks anyway Sean