VBCMS Plugin Woes

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Hi Team,

I'm trying to write a plugin that will affect each of the articles on the VBCMS home. I want to evaluate something for each article, and if i find what I am looking for, I want to show some text or an image on that specific preview.

So, I've run into some issues:

1) I cannot even get anything from a plugin to show in the "vbcms_content_article_preview" template. None of the vbcms_xxxx hooks worked, so i even tried global_start (which im using for similar logic in navbar template), which still doesnt work. Here's my test code:

Hook: global_start

Code:

$testme = "abc123cba";

vB_Template:reRegister('vbcms_content_article_pr eview',array('testme' => $testme));

inside my vbcms_content_article_preview template, i have:

:{vb:raw testme}:

All I see is "::", the variable doesnt show.

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2) I want to process my logic for EACH article on the page. So I need a hook that gets fired multiple times, and allows me to send output to the template in question for each iteration.


I have paid support over at vbulletin.com, but they sent me over here anyways, as youse guys are the bomb.
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An example of this plugin, might be to show a small graphic for new articles, vs articles over a week old, vs articles over a month old.

Please give a hand, as Im ripping out what little hair i have left!!