thanks for reply. i believe i see that, but i do not see the explicit definition function to alter for the

 <asp:HyperLink ID="lnkUserName" CssClass="PostUser" runat="server" />

i see this:

    lnkUserName.Text = HTMLHelper.HTMLEncode(fpi.PostUserName);

but does that also bring with it the actual hyperlink?

later in the code behind it also specifies how the link and avatar image to the member profile page is determined.

 userAvatar.Text = AvatarImage(fpi);

do i want to modify this or can we responsibly within the framework to recognize the new member profile url alias?