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[CirTap]

Hi,
if news.tpl is the main template including the others, then you'll have all the config vars loaded there in the subtemplates as well.
If you read a config file in a sub template, the values are "local" to this file, e.g. in pageheader.tpl, {config_load file="foo.conf" section="head"} will
a.) return only the variables from [head] and
b.) they'll be available to pageheader.tpl only.
If you need variables from [head] in pagefooter.tpl as well, you'd either have the main template to load this section, move the stuff from [head] into the global part of the config file, or add a second {config_load file="foo.conf" section="head"} to pagefooter.tpl.

If the [head] section contains "shared" information like a copyright, company/author name, i.e. both used for <meta> tags and a copyright notice at the end of each page, just move them to the "global" part at the beginning of your config file.
You can then do a simple {config_load file="foo.conf"} in news.tpl or the other main templates and the subtemplates can access the variables.

Have fun,
CirTap