[codewaggle]

Thanks for your assistance,

I forgot to include the full info about my board_inside_forum_listing template.

I used the native Advertising functionality as a starting point, I copied and modified these files:
/admincp/ad.php => /admincp/marbuzz_insert_block.php
/includes/functions_ad.php => /includes/functions_marbuzz_insert_block.php
/includes/xml/ad_locations_vbulletin.xml => /includes/xml/block_locations_marbuzz_insert_block.xml

I basically just changed the db table references (I copied the tables used by the Ad functionality) and the names of the templates that are loaded to display the bloack of code.

So on the forum.php page, Ads uses these templates: board_after_forums and board_below_whats_going_on, I'm using board_inside_forum_listing.

I created a plugin (marbuzz_forumhome_start_hook.php) that uses the forumhome_start hook (I can't use the forumhome_complete hook, because it occurs after $forumbits is constructed), that's where I render the template, the plugin code is:

array_push($globaltemplates, 'ad_board_inside_forum_listing');
$ad_location['board_inside_forum_listing'] = vB_Template::create('ad_board_inside_forum_listing')->render();

When that template is rendered, I don't want to key on the variable I need (forum ID), because the forum ID isn't available then.
When forum.php is rendered, the construct_forum_bit function is run near the end, it creates each forum entry that's displayed.

construct_forum_bit() uses the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template to create forum entries for display (there are a few templates used depending on forum level and posts).
My ad_board_inside_forum_listing template is loaded inside the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template, I need to key on the ID of the forum whose entry is being created.

So I'd like the ad_board_inside_forum_listing template to contain a reference to the forum ID, like this:

<vb:if condition="$forumid == 10">  //10 stands for the forum ID, it would vary depending on which forum row the image should appear in.
Display Image
</vb:if>

At the end of the forum.php code, the ad_location and forumbits template arrays (among others) are registered for use within the FORUMHOME template and the page is rendered.

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I just tried a different approach, I used the forumbit_display hook near the end of the construct_forum_bit function. I registered the forumid variable as you suggested and used the $forum array that is registered when each forum entry is created.

$template = vB_Template::create('ad_board_inside_forum_listing');
$template->register('forumid', $forumid);
$forum['board_inside_forum_listing'] = $template->render();

I tested it using the following as the contents of the ad_board_inside_forum_listing template:

{vb:var forumid}
{vb:raw forumid}
<vb:if condition="$forumid == 25">Show this if forum id is 25</vb:if>

It worked somewhat, I can access the current forumid, but it's only displayed in the row for the first forum listing.

I'm trying to render the ad_board_inside_forum_listing template once for each forum in the loop, can templates be rendered multiple times or only once (explaining the single output in this test)?

Be Well