Could you guys point me to a tutorial on how to create a template? As the wiki really sucks in giving info.
I wanted to use this template as a basis to edit the php files, etc...
Normally, for a template creation, the php files do not require editing. This is most all in the stylesheet.css file.

You can use the tools in the admin> tools > developers tool kit to find most any text string that you want to change like the "Congratulations" message...

Place this text (or any other that you want to change) in the last box on the left, select all catalog files and search...It will find the string, let you know file name, the path to the file and the line that contains the string. You can then open a COPY of the file make your edits and place it in your template override folder.

In the downloads section there are several templates that you can obtain that are 1.3.x compatible for your purposes.