Author Template – “$curauth” Issues

I think I’ve followed the directions on the author template page pretty well, but no matter what version of the “$curath” variable code I use, I can’t get the author’s name displayed.

https://www.maniacfan.com/author/flounder/

The author text is just above where the posts are displayed, but is missing both the Author name and description.

I am using wp 2.0, and the code I have in the page is as follows:

<?php
if(isset($_GET[‘author_name’])) :
$curauth = get_userdatabylogin($_GET[‘author_name’]);
else :
$curauth = get_userdata($_GET[‘author’]);
endif;
?>

<center><span class=”red”><b>Want to know more about <?php the_author() ?>?</span> Well, here it is, right out of his own pie-hole:</b></center>
<br>
<dd><?php echo $curauth->user_description; ?></dd>

Thanks for your help.