Why a template is not working

[adnan2007]

Hi
I edited the navbar template

<div align="center">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr align="center">
$XXXXXXXXXX
$template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]


The code in template $XXXXXXX doesn't show.

Would anybody know why the html in $XXXXXX is not showing?

thx

[Analogpoint]

Is $XXXXXXXXXX a custom template you made? If so, you'll need 2 plugins, one to cache it and one to fetch it.

Plugin 1: cache_templates
$globaltemplates[] = 'template_name_here';

Plugin 2: global_start
eval('$XXXXXXXXXX = "' . fetch_template('template_name_here') . '";');

[adnan2007]

Yes it is Angalogpoint.

Right now i've got the code in $XXXXXXXX hard coded. Is that a good way? Does it save any memory or anything?

Im new on vB

Can u kindly plz explain to me Plugin 1 & 2 in just a little more detail and that should get me in the right direction.

much appreciated
adnan