[jim doodle]

Did you ever find an answer to this?

--------------- Added [DATE]1359119363[/DATE] at [TIME]1359119363[/TIME] ---------------

The solution, using lynne's custom page example: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228112

Simply register some extra template variable thingies, taken from the navbit template.

PHP Code:

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######

$templater = vB_Template::create('loginWidget');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);
$templater->register('notifications_total', $GLOBALS['notifications_total']);
$templater->register('notices', $GLOBALS['notices']);
$templater->register('notifications_menubits', $GLOBALS['notifications_menubits']);
print_output($templater->render());