I could do it as a snippet and as a static resource. Right now I am being stubborn and just trying to make it work as a plugin (one of the reasons is just for self-eduction). If it's not possible under Revo, then it's a completely different story and it appears that I've been wasting my time

I wish the documentation would have stated that ->resource->[get][set]Content is NOT the same as ->documentContent in EVO (which replaces the contents of the template file).
Thanks.