Social Bookmarks not showing?

[donottumbledry]

I am modifying the default VB4.0.2 template files.

I intend to move the Social Book marks bit into the footer section. For some reason though they are not showing up... :confused:

They showed up perfectly fine in their default position under a thread but when I move the code into the footer section I only get the word "Bookmarks" (which is the title of the original block) shown but no bookmark links. I removed the conditional <vb:if...> to see if that was causing the problem but alas not?

Also - secondary to the above - I would like the bookmarks to appear on ALL pages in the footer. How do I enable them to be shown no matter what page the user is viewing?


Here is the current snippet of code from the 'footer' template:


{vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_start}
{vb:raw ad_location.global_above_footer}
<div id="footer">




<vb:if condition="$show['dst_correction']">
<!-- auto DST correction code -->
<form action="profile.php?do=dst" method="post" name="dstform">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionhash}" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dst" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var tzOffset = {vb:raw bbuserinfo.timezoneoffset} + {vb:raw bbuserinfo.dstonoff};
var utcOffset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
if (Math.abs(tzOffset + utcOffset) == 1)
{ // Dst offset is 1 so its changed
document.forms.dstform.submit();
}
//-->
</script>
<!-- / auto DST correction code -->
</vb:if>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// Main vBulletin Javascript Initialization
vBulletin_init();
//-->
</script>
{vb:raw template_hook.footer_javascript}
</div>
</div> <!-- closing div for body_wrapper -->



<div class="below_body">

<div class="mycustom_footer_box">
<h4><span>{vb:rawphrase bookmarks}</span></h4>
<div id="social_bookmarks_list">
<ul class="icon_list">{vb:raw bookmarksites}</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div id="footer_time" class="shade footer_time">{vb:rawphrase all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y}</div>

<div id="footer_copyright" class="shade footer_copyright">
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
{vb:rawphrase powered_by_vbulletin}
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
</div>
<div id="footer_morecopyright" class="shade footer_morecopyright">
<!-- Do not remove cronimage or your scheduled tasks will cease to function -->
{vb:raw cronimage}
<!-- Do not remove cronimage or your scheduled tasks will cease to function -->
{vb:raw vboptions.copyrighttext}
</div>

{vb:raw ad_location.ad_footer_end}
</div>

[Lynne]

My guess would be you didn't preregister the variable for use in the footer template. Cellarius wrote a really good article that you may be interested in - [vB4] Rendering templates and registering variables - a short guide (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228078) Also, I'm not even sure if that will do the trick since the footer gets rendered pretty early on (when global.php is called). So, your best bet is to use a template_hook (may have to add one) instead.

[donottumbledry]

Thanks for the pointers - I'll have a look at the guides and work something out then see what happens :)

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Okay. I've read the guides but I am at a loss as to exactly what I should be doing here.

From my point of view I shouldn't need to register a variable that is already part of the vBulletin core variables.

So, maybe my question should be: How do I make the {vb:raw bookmarksites} accessible in the footer template? Where do I have to register this variable for it to be used in the footer? Don't get me wrong - I know how to handle PHP coding and all that but vBulletin's template system is downright confusing. I mean - I can't write raw php in these templates without some long-winded process explained in the guide linked to by Lynne - which hairbrain thought that up?! :down: :confused: :rolleyes: