[kh99]

It seems your problem is that the notification menu is built and the header template rendered without any hooks in between, so no matter which hook location you choose you can't get in between them to change it. The only thing I can figure out (and I've never actually tried this) is to use hook location template_render_output and something like:

if ($this->template == 'header')
{
   // code to change $notification_menubits
}

Seems like it should work, I've just never tired it. Also, of course, if all else fails you can always just edit the vb files.


ETA: Or you could try what Lynne suggests above (which she posted while I was writing), but I looked at that and it looks like it would have to correspond to a userfield with a value > 0, and you'd end up with a number following your text.