Problem with online status in blog posts

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Hello - I am looking for a way to show a users online status in the blog comments section. I tried adding the code below to the blog comment template, and I get the icon in the right place, but it always shows OFFLINE no matter what.

<vb:if condition="$onlinestatus==0"><img class="inlineimg onlinestatus" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_statusicon}/user-offline.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_is_offline, {vb:raw user.username}}" border="0" /></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$onlinestatus==1"><img class="inlineimg onlinestatus" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_statusicon}/user-online.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_is_online_now, {vb:raw user.username}}" border="0" /></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$onlinestatus==2"><img class="inlineimg onlinestatus" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_statusicon}/user-invisible.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_is_invisible, {vb:raw user.username}}" border="0" /></vb:if>

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks