[kh99]

Doing replaces in templates is a little more difficult with vb4 because what's stored in the cache is php code, so you have to make sure it's still valid php code after the replace. It still may be possible to do a replace like you would do in vb3, it depends on exactly what you're trying to replace. It might help to look at the "template" column in the template table in the database, or print out what's in the cache so you can figure out exactly what you need to do.

If I remember correctly the "REPLACE CODE' thing was solving a special problem, so you probably dont' need to do it that way.

Did you try using hook parse_templates? You mentioned process_templates, and I think there is a process_template_complete hook but it's called after the navbar is rendered so changing the cache at that point won't help.

OK, I just read the last part of your post above: If you just want to add something to the end of the navbar, then instead of doing a replace you could do this:

$vbulletin->templatecache['navbar'] .= "$final_rendered .= 'Add this stuff'";

But it might be a little tricky to get the quotes right. The other thing you could do is to find a hook that comes after the navbar is rendered (like process_templates_complete) and do something like:

$navbar .= "Add this stuff";

Which might be easier since you don't have to worry so much about the quotes.