avatar help

[DigitalDesktops]

is there a way to include the posters avatar in the news they posted in PHPNUKE?

in mainfile.php i added:

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
$avatarurl=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[userid]);
if ($avatarurl=='') {
$avatarurl='images/avatars/noavatar.gif';
}
$avatarimage='<a href="member.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=editavatar"><img src="'.$avatarurl.'" border="0">';
} else {
$avatarimage='<a href="register.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=signup"><img src="images/avatars/guestavatar.gif" border="0"></a>';
}


Right after this:

$permissions=getpermissions();
if (!$permissions['canview']) {
show_nopermission();
}


then i edited the P_newsbits template and added $avatarimage. but the avatar still doesn't showup :( anyone know what i'm doing wrong?