Hi nicholas,
The issue with the buttons is usually caused by a bad path to the blank image in the widget's javascript file. The reason is because the code is called from different places depending upon where you view it. In just a static page, I believe it is called from yoursite/staticpages/index.php, but when called as a centerblock, it comes from yoursite/index.php, which is one level higher in relation to where the layout folder is located.
In layout/nouveau/js/gl_mooticker.js, try specifying an absolute path to blank.gif, like this:
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blankimage:'http://yoursite.com/layout/nouveau/images/blank.gif'
Make sure to make the same change for the mooRotator js file as well.
Hope this helps!
Eric
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