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When i go into the template sub-folder i see three things and three things only, info, preview, style. Am i suppose to see more? Where is the index and other things? i want to customize the template with custom images in the HTML file. I want to change the different text colors, background colors, header images, ect, ect. Could someone please direct me towards a tutorial that tells step by step instructions or please just post a little step by step guide here. Your help would be most appreciated.

Hi

To edit the images and colours, fonts etc you need to edit your template's style.css file

HTH

Dave

i know but is there any tutorial that i could use?

GunzBlazzingAdmin wrote:When i go into the template sub-folder i see three things and three things only, info, preview, style. Am i suppose to see more? Where is the index and other things?

Depends on the template you're using - if it doesn't have a file (i.e. index.tpl), it fetches it from the default template. So if you want to customize the index.tpl or entries.tpl, copy it to your template folder from the default template's folder. Very simple templates might only use info.txt (holds some info on the template like author and stuff), preview.png (a small preview image), and style.css (the stylesheet for the template).

GunzBlazzingAdmin wrote:I want to change the different text colors, background colors, header images, ect, ect.

So? That's what style.css is for

GunzBlazzingAdmin wrote:Could someone please direct me towards a tutorial that tells step by step instructions or please just post a little step by step guide here. Your help would be most appreciated.

First step would be to learn HTML , second CSS , third (if you want to get really crazy) Smarty Sorry if I'm wrong, but you sound as if you're used to some very different template system? For tutorials check http://www.s9y.org.

YL

Hi

If you need a pointer to get started with the HTML and CSS here's a good place to start W3C CSS tutorial-starting with HTML + CSS

HTH

Dave