vb_dropdowns not working (vb-html question)

[Princeton]

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<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:-1px">
  <tr>
    <td class="tcat" width="100%">Pieces In Category<span class="normal">: $cats[title]</span></td>
    <td class="vbmenu_control" id="displyoptions" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="#goto_displyoptions" onclick="return toggle_collapse('displyoptions')">Display Options</a>
      <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("displyoptions"); </script></td>
  </tr>
</table>

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="displyoptions_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
  <td class="thead"> Display Options<a name="goto_displyoptions"></a> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td class="vbmenu_option"><div class="smallfont"> From The:<br />
      <div id="clause">
        <select name="daysprune">
          <option value="1" $daysprunesel[1]>$vbphrase[last_day]</option>
          <option value="2" $daysprunesel[2]>$vbphrase[last_2_days]</option>
          <option value="7" $daysprunesel[7]>$vbphrase[last_week]</option>
          <option value="10" $daysprunesel[10]>$vbphrase[last_10_days]</option>
          <option value="14" $daysprunesel[14]>$vbphrase[last_2_weeks]</option>
          <option value="30" $daysprunesel[30]>$vbphrase[last_month]</option>
          <option value="45" $daysprunesel[45]>$vbphrase[last_45_days]</option>
          <option value="60" $daysprunesel[60]>$vbphrase[last_2_months]</option>
          <option value="75" $daysprunesel[75]>$vbphrase[last_75_days]</option>
          <option value="100" $daysprunesel[100]>$vbphrase[last_100_days]</option>
          <option value="365" $daysprunesel[365]>$vbphrase[last_year]</option>
          <option value="-1" $daysprunesel[all]>$vbphrase[beginning]</option>
        </select>
      </div>
      Order By: <br />
      <div id="order">
        <select name="sort">
          <option value="title" $sort[title]>Title</option>
          <option value="postdate" $sort[lastpost]>Date Posted</option>
          <option value="lastreview" $sort[lastpost]>Last Review Date</option>
          <option value="reviewcount" $sort[replycount]>Number Of Reviews</option>
          <option value="views" $sort[views]>Views</option>
          <option value="postusername" $sort[postusername]>Author</option>
          <option value="voteavg" $sort[voteavg]>Rating</option>
        </select>
      </div>
      Sort By: <br />
      <div id="direction">
        <select name="order">
          <option value="asc" $order[asc]>$vbphrase[ascending]</option>
          <option value="desc" $order[desc]>$vbphrase[descending]</option>
        </select>
      </div>
      <div id="submit">
        <input type="submit" class="button" value="Show Pieces" />
      </div>
    </div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</if>