kkinsey, this might be a stupid thing to ask, but are you certain you have a
{vb:raw footer} bit in your template?
Here's what I use as a "generic" template, in cae it might help:
HTML Code:
{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
{vb:raw headinclude}
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}<vb:if condition="$pagetitle"> :: {vb:raw pagetitle}</vb:if></title>
<vb:if condition="$show['sidebar']">
<script type="text/javascript" src="{vb:stylevar yuipath}/animation/animation-min.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var sidebar_align = '<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sidebarposition'] == 0">left<vb:else />right</vb:if>';
var content_container_margin = parseInt('{vb:math {vb:stylevar forum_sidebar_width}+{vb:math {vb:stylevar padding}*2}}');
var sidebar_width = parseInt('{vb:stylevar forum_sidebar_width}');
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/clientscript/vbulletin-sidebar.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
</head>
<body>
{vb:raw header}
{vb:raw navbar}
<div id="pagetitle">
<h1>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</h1>
<p id="welcomemessage" class="description">{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_the_x, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}</p>
</div>
<vb:if condition="$show['sidebar']">
<div id="content_container"<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sidebarposition'] == 0"> class="contentright"</vb:if>>
<div id="content">
</vb:if>
<!-- main -->
{vb:raw main}
<!-- /main -->
<vb:if condition="$show['sidebar']">
</div>
</div>
<div id="sidebar_container"<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sidebarposition'] == 0"> class="sidebarleft"</vb:if>>
<a id="sidebar_button_link" href="#">
<vb:if condition="$vboptions['sidebarposition'] == 0">
<img id="sidebar_button" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/tab-collapsed-left.png" alt="" />
<vb:else />
<img id="sidebar_button" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/tab-collapsed.png" alt="" />
</vb:if>
</a>
<ul id="sidebar">
{vb:raw sidebar}
</ul>
</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw footer}
</body>
</html>