Thanks for replying Dismounted.
I've implemented the hook in showthread_complete as described above but the $threadbit content did not display in $threadbit_test. I could be wrong but isn't $threadbit called from the forumdisplay hook?
Still, I tried forumdisplay_start and forumdisplay_complete hooks but to no avail either. Hmm...
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Update:
I changed the hook to "threadbit_display" and the content showed up. :up: The downside is that $threadbit_test added border lines that $threabit template did not. At least I'm getting closer.