finally got admin header and footer working 👍

src/middleware/admin.js

@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 var app,
 	middleware = {},
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
+	async = require('async'),
 	user = require('./../user'),
-	plugins = require('./../plugins');
+	meta = require('./../meta'),
+	plugins = require('./../plugins'),
+
+	controllers = {
+		api: require('./../controllers/api')
+	};
 
 
 middleware.isAdmin = function (req, res, next) {
@@ -18,7 +24,9 @@ middleware.isAdmin = function (req, res, next) {
 	});
 };
 
-middleware.buildHeader = function (req, res, callback) {
+middleware.buildHeader = function(req, res, next) {
+	async.parallel([
+		function(next) {
 			var custom_header = {
 				'plugins': [],
 				'authentication': []
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ middleware.buildHeader = function (req, res, callback) {
 
 			user.getUserFields(req.user.uid, ['username', 'userslug', 'picture'], function(err, userData) {
 				plugins.fireHook('filter:admin.header.build', custom_header, function(err, custom_header) {
-			callback(err, templates['admin/header'].parse({
+					var data = {
 						csrf: res.locals.csrf_token,
 						relative_path: nconf.get('relative_path'),
 						plugins: custom_header.plugins,
@@ -36,9 +44,30 @@ middleware.buildHeader = function (req, res, callback) {
 						userslug: userData.userslug,
 						'cache-buster': meta.config['cache-buster'] ? 'v=' + meta.config['cache-buster'] : '',
 						env: process.env.NODE_ENV ? true : false
-			}));
+					};
+
+					app.render('admin/header', data, function(err, template) {
+						res.locals.adminHeader = template;
+						next(err);
+					});
 				});
 			});
+		},
+		function(next) {
+			controllers.api.getConfig(req, res, function(err, config) {
+				res.locals.config = config;
+				next(err);
+			});
+		},
+		function(next) {
+			app.render('footer', {}, function(err, template) {
+				res.locals.adminFooter = template;
+				next(err);
+			});
+		}
+	], function(err) {
+		next();
+	});
 };
 
 

src/middleware/middleware.js

@@ -293,14 +293,9 @@ middleware.processRender = function(req, res, next) {
 						fn(err, translated);
 					});
 				});
-			} else if (res.locals.renderAdminHeader) {
+			} else if (res.locals.adminHeader) {
-				middleware.admin.renderHeader({
+				str = res.locals.adminHeader + str;
-					req: req,
-					res: res
-				}, function(err, template) {
-					str = template + str;
 				fn(err, str);
-				});
 			} else {
 				fn(err, str);
 			}

src/routes/admin.js

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	}());
 
 	app.namespace('/admin', function () {
-		app.get('/', middleware.buildHeader, function(req, res, next) {
+		app.get('/', middleware.admin.buildHeader, function(req, res, next) {
 			res.render('admin/index', {});
 		});