best way to add a block at the top of payments page?
 

I'm wanting to add a blockhead and a blockbody above the payments bits (active subscriptions and available subscriptions). Whats the best way to go about this using the plugins system and hooks? I don't want to modify the templates or php if I don't have to.

What I would likely do is create a custom template, and have that template rendered via a plugin at a template hook.

If it is a simple block, you could consider simply having the HTML rendered at the template hook via a plugin, without creating a custom template.

There should be no need to hack your templates or core files. :)

Ok, sounds promising...how do I hook it into the payments page?

I don't use paid subscriptions on my site...so I will have to guess a bit here. I don't see a template hook in the "subscription" template, so you would likely have to use the hook "parse_templates" and a condition such as:

You would store the HTML, either raw or by rendering a template, into the variable "$above_payments_block", and then a custom template hook is added to the bottom of the "navbar" template to which you can add your block.

I will be glad to assist you step by step to get this going, or if you prefer I can come to your site and set this up, which would require you to set up a temporary admin account for me, and then send the login credentials via PM. :)