Ok I got the extra page to display, thank all of you for the information

I have this code in my template
Code:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat"><h2>City Ordinances (the Rules)</h2>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[insult_flame]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[no_spam]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[illegal_material]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[cross_posting]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[homework]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[flooding]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[all_caps]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[no_politics]</td>
</tr>
<td class="alt1">$vbphrase[mod_time]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2">$vbphrase[read_faq_first]</td>
</tr>
</table>
$footer
</body>
</html>
the part that is hard coded into it displays just fine but the $vbphrases don't display at all, any ideas what i might have done wrong ?
Thanks for any assistance