add subheading to postmeta

Hi Steve,

I’m trying to add the_subheading to the postmeta in a thematic child theme using the built in override:

function  childtheme_override_postheader_postmeta() {
	if (is_single() || is_page())
	{
	    $postmeta = the_subheading('<p>', '</p>');
}
return $postmeta;
}

(this is simplified but shows the gist of it)

This inserts the subheading text immediately before the h1 post title, which is mystifying me a bit. Same thing happens if I try to filter the post title.

I could reposition it using css but not really ideal in terms of HTML flow.

I know the override is working fine as when I use a simple text string, it sits nicely under the title where it should be. So it obviously has something to do with the_subheading('<p>', '</p>')

I’ve had a look at the plug-in code but my PHP skills are still in the cut, paste & tweak novice range, so while I can kind of make out what’s going on, I can’t see what else I should try.

Would appreciate any pointers. Great plugin btw.

thanks

Bob