english..php overide - config somewhere? arrggghhh

[ph1s]

I know there's been a ton of posts on this issue and I've read 'em all but still can't get this to work. Seems so simple. I have

/home/store1ph/public_html/includes/languages]# ls -l
drwxr-xr-x 2 store1ph store1ph 4096 Apr 17 09:27 classic
drwxr-xr-x 2 store1ph store1ph 4096 Apr 21 04:09 custom
drwxr-xr-x 8 store1ph store1ph 4096 May 6 14:00 english
-rw-r--r-- 1 store1ph store1ph 37424 May 17 15:33 english.php

If I modify code in english.php the page changes accordingly as it should.

I then copied english.php into /custom - and when I modify something in /custom/english.php that file is never displayed - /home/store1ph/public_html/includes/languages/english.php still is what is displaying - there is no error, nada, the "override" file in /custom just doesn't override. Is there some server config somewhere that is preventing this from working? Any ideas???

[lat9]

Have you made the "custom" template your default using your admin's Tools->Template Selection?