Look in /skins/_html_footer.inc.php and you'll see the </body> tag. Copy that file to /skins/miami_blue/ folder and your skin will use that version of the file for your blog. OR do the edit in the version in /skins/ folder and all your skins will use it.

That's sort of how the skining/templating system in b2evolution works. It starts with files in /skins/your_skin/ but if it needs something that isn't there due to the skinner didn't see the need to customize it then b2evolution will grab the "generic" copy from the /skins/ folder.

Oh and welcome to the forums :)

Thanks Mate, I'll give it a try and report back.

I tried both methods and neither seems to work. I need to step away from it for a bit; I'll look into it again later this evening.

FYI, I checked the html for the Google blog I was able to use Quick Ads with, and it is indeed inserted just before the </body> tag. I'm not sure why it won't work with the code before the same tag either in the /skins/_html_footer.inc.php, or when copying that page to the /skins/miami_blue folder.

hmmm...

My copy of skins/miami_blue/index.main.php ends with the following code:

<?php
// ------------------------- HTML FOOTER INCLUDED HERE --------------------------
skin_include( '_html_footer.inc.php' );
// Note: You can customize the default HTML footer by copying the
// _html_footer.inc.php file into the current skin folder.
// ------------------------------- END OF FOOTER --------------------------------
?>

That means it needs to find and use _html_footer.inc.php, which it can not find in /skins/miami_blue/ so it looks in /skins/ and should find it. Then at /skins/_html_footer.inc.php my copy shows

<!-- End of skin_wrapper -->
</div>

</body>
</html>

Got link where we can see this not happening?

Hey Ed, I've got the same code as what you posted, with the exception of the added code just before </body> in the html footer file in the /skins folder.

I did try copying the html footer file to the /skins/miami_blue folder, but got the same result, so I deleted it there, and am using just the file in the /skins folder. According to what I read in the manual last night, the behavior is just what you describe; if it doesn't find the file it's looking for in it's own folder, it defaults to the /skins folder.

I tried searching to see if anyone is using Scribefire Quick Ads with b2evo skins, and couldn't find one reference. I found a lot for "I wish Scribefire would get this working with b2evo".

The blog is at http://fido.net78.net. Thanks again for your help.

I just wanted to update everyone. I received an email from Scribefire that the developer has been able to reproduce the problem, and is working on a solution. I'll pass more on when I hear back from them.