ons = unserialize($userinfo['vbp_ribbons']);

                // verify that ribbons is an array
                $userinfo['ribbonsdisplay'] = '';
                if (is_array($ribbons))
                {
                    // set it to show the ribbons
                    $show['ribbons'] = true;

                    // process each ribbon
                    $displayed = 0;    
                    foreach($ribbons AS $ribbon)
                    {
                        // check if this has reached the max amount of di