Quote Originally Posted by barco57 View Post
With the overrides system you create a new directory in the includes/templates directory. In that directory copy over the template_info.php from the template_default and open it and edit it to reflect your template name, copyright info, etc.... Go admin>tools>template selection and click edit and select your new template. The directory structure in your new template should be the same as the default template. Only copy over and edit those files that need to be changed for your template, leave the rest alone.
Not sure if you've seen the site though.. he's using the "classic template"

you can just copy paste that entire "classic" folder in includes/templates, rename the folder, and change the template_info.php like barco said above.. and follow the rest of it :)