I'm trying my first serious custom template and I was wondering how important the php code & div tags (outside of the error messages & shopping cart links code) are in the header & footer tpl's. If I put all the necessary code to display the error message, cart links, customer session log out/login into my template on the main page tpl can I basically wipe out the code in those (header & footer tpl) files? I dont want banners, tabs or anything like that to display.
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