Hey all

I am new to zen cart and am trying to learn how to design custom templates.

I have been reading on the site and following the information on the wiki in an effort to learn this myself but have come a bit stuck and was wondering if someone could give me a gentle nudge in the right direction.

The problem is this:

I followed the tutorials on the wiki to create my own template as explained here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...lates_-_Create

I then tried to follow the customization instructions as found here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p..._-_Customizing

Now, this is where i get stuck. I have copied across the 'tpl_header.php' and 'tpl_footer.php' files into my own template directory but when i open them up to edit them in dreamweaver or the like it just appears as a series of divs without any of the styling.

So, it looks like this (in dreamweaver):


so...

How do I go about customising my template if i cant see what affects any changes are having?

Maybe i am being daft, or getting something totally wrong but i have been bashing my head up against a wall for a few days trying to sort this so any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks for reading this far folks! :)
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