Hi Glenn,
Last post is solved, just had to put php tags in the right place.
I have since continued to customize it a bit and am trying to place my 'Go to Checkout' button at the top of the 2nd column and then to place a 'Checkout' button directly below that.
I thought I had the right code for the 'Checkout' button, but it is not appearing 
Here is the code, the last line is the line I added for the new 'Checkout' button:
PHP Code:
<div id="cartCount">
<?php
$cart_count = $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents();
echo ($cart_count? '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'SSL') . '" title="' . CART_HEADER_TITLE . '">':'') . CART_HEADER_IN_CART_PRE . $cart_count . (($cart_count == 1)? CART_HEADER_IN_CART_SINGULAR: CART_HEADER_IN_CART_PLURAL) . ($cart_count? '</a>': '');
?>
</div>
<?php if ($cart_count) {
$_SESSION['cart']->get_products();
$basket_total = $_SESSION['cart']->show_total();
echo '<div id="cartTotal">' . CART_HEADER_TOTAL . $currencies->format($basket_total) . '</div>' ;
} ?>
<?php echo '<a id="cartButton" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'SSL') . '" title="' . CART_HEADER_TITLE . '"><img src="button_checkout.gif" /></a>'; ?><!--view cart button-->
<?php echo '<a id="cartButton" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '" title="' . HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT . '"><img src="button_buy_now.gif" /></a>'; ?><!--checkout button-->
NOTE: I will be renaming them 'View Cart' and 'Checkout'