Unreal Portal (Problems)

im using unreal portal on my ipb forum and i want to add a custom block to it when i have added all of the information about the custom block it still doesnt work anybody know whats wrong... ? :s

also how do i configure the news so it will show the posters avatar ive tried using

Code:

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{$data['avatar']}

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but it just comes up with the url of there avatar
and ive tried using

Code:

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{$ibforums->lang['avatar']}

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and

Code:

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{$author['avatar']}

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but nothing appears, anybody know how to do it cos im confused :s