you can see this in action here:
http://www.vagrantcafe.com/index.php?
this is my code for my memberoftheday template:
PHP Code:
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="80%">
<tr><td class="alt1" width="100%"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tr>
<td class="alt1"><img src="$avatarurl"></td>
<td class="alt1"><b>Vagrant of the Day: <a target="_top" href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?&u=$mday[userid]">$mday[username]</a></b><br/><br/>
View $mday[username]'s <a target="_top" href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?&u=$mday[userid]">Profile</a><BR>
View $mday[username]'s <a target="_top" href="$vboptions[bburl]/usernote.php?&u=$mday[userid]">UserNotes</a><BR>
View $mday[username]'s <a target="_top" href="$vboptions[bburl]/buddies.php?&u=$mday[userid]">Friends</a><BR>
Posts: $mday[posts]</span><br/>
<if condition="$mday[age]">Age: $mday[age]</span><br/></if>
Favorite forum: <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?f=$mday[forumid]">$mday[forumname]</a> </td>
</tr>
</table></td></tr>
</table><BR>
i literally just figured out and installed this tonight... so i'll probably change my look at a bit.