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[EnergyFreak +]

Originally Posted by Lhotch

I think you should slow down just a little bit, you seem to be getting ahead of yourself.

As David just explained, the template system uses a tiered approach. The default template folder contains ALL the template files needed.

When you use a template other than the default (ie specify to use a different one in the sites admin) the front end will first look in its specified folder for the template needed and if it doesnt exist it then will use the template from the default folder.

What I recommend when not using the default template is that any time you need to edit a template file, and it does not exist in your current template directory, COPY the needed template file from the default folder to your current template folder and edit that copy instead of the default.

I also recommend you do NOT alter the default template at all. It can often be used for troubleshooting purposes so its nice to have it, in its unmodified state, to revert back to to see if an issue is template related. With that in mind if you want to customize the default template, create a new folder in your main template folder and copy the contents of the /default templates to it and in turn edit those.

After copying the default files to your new template folder make sure to edit the config.php file in your new template folder.

Oh cool, that is good to know I always make back-ups of the files i modify, I am happy to know that at least I won't have to change themes, because I find that the pruple template is nice and simple.

Thanks.

[seymourjames +]

Read the posts again so you are sure you have understood and all will be fine. Copy all of the template files from the default into purple except those which already exist. Then you can modify to your hearts content.