Rig Question

I am fairly new to Apple Motion 5 and been having trouble using the rig feature in the program. Apologies in advance for no screen shots so I will try and explain things best way possible.

My goal is to create a transition for use in Final Cut Pro X, basically a diamond that reveals clip B as it is coming in. I made a copy of that shape for an option of having a border. Easy enough but the problem is when I start publishing the rig.

Here are the steps:

1. Create a new rig adding sliders as needed and giving the sliders a name.
2. Go into the inspector and select the items I want to link to the appropriate rig and slider.
3. Publish the slider from the rig itself and not the property of the layer.

I am running into the issue after step 3, while it is published the sliders have no affect. For example when I drag the slider for say Border Blur the border does not blur. Same if I want to change the size of the border.

A simple case of operator error but not sure where.

System details:

Mac Pro
OS X 10.8.3
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.8
Motion 5.0.7
Resolve 9