avatar help

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

in mainfile.php i added:

PHP Code:

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:

PHP Code:

$permissions=getpermissions();
if (!$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?