Can't Print $node->title After Moving Zone From Footer Section to Content Section, Omega 3 Drupal 7
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I'm using Drupal 7 with my subtheme created from Omega 3 theme for website development. I've created a custom zone--section_title.tpl.php from Omega 3's zone--content.tpl.php to create a new zone called Section Title, which sits in my Omega 3 subtheme Footer Section. 

I was able to use this function I pulled from the web to pass $node->title variable from mytheme_proprocess_node() function to a $title variable which is in mytheme_proprocess_zone() function, to print the $node->title in my zone--section_title.tpl.php. 

      function _myTheme_var($var_name, $new_val = NULL) {
        $vars = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());

        // If a new value has been passed
        if ($new_val) {
         $vars[$var_name] = $new_val;
       }

         return isset($vars[$var_name]) ? $vars[$var_name] : NULL;
         }

And it worked. But when I moved my custom section title zone from the Footer Section to the Content Section, the $node->title doesn't print. I can't figure out why. I've been searching on Google endlessly for solution, but coming up empty.

What could be the problem? Could it be that certain variables are only available to specific Omega 3 sections?