Custom Footer template

[msimonds]

Anyone,

I created a new custom template called 'footer_mike' which I want to add to the footer template so this is what I did:

1) I created the template
2) I created a plugin called Mike Footer:

PHP Code:

$templater = vB_template::create('footer_mike');
$templater->register('footer_mike', $footer_mike);
$template_hook['footer_mike'] = $templater->render(); 


I then went into the footer template and added:

{vb:raw footer_mike.footer_mike}

I added the hook location to the 'parse_templates'

my footer_mike is not showing up, what am I doing wrong:

Thanks in advance
~Mike