Why do profile field variables work in some templates but not all?

[john2k]

Zachery, thanks for all those details.

What I'm trying to do is to turn ads off for paid subscribers if they choose to turn them off. For the ads on/off switch I figured I would use a custom radio button profile field in their usercp.

My ads are well targeted & highly relevant, so many of my subscribers want to be able to keep them turned on, which is why I don't simply surround ad code with a $bbuserinfo usergroup # conditional.

I have the usergroup conditional part of it figured out but am not sure how to take the custom profile field selection & use that as the switch to display or not display the ad code.

Thanks in advance for any additional help, I really appreciate it.