mc12345678:
The best place to ask questions related to the modifications of a template is in the forum thread regarding the template.I would respectfully add a step or two before bothering a template author with a code placement or code change question. Unless a template is using something other than standard layout boxes, menus, page layouts, etc.; most templates are used for color display, minor placement adjustments, AND inclusion of other-than-standard actions.
To tie up the creator's time (and bloat the support thread) with items not really relating to the template is non-productive to all.
Too many times, a user will run straight to a template thread for something that the layout boxes controller or ezpages menu would handle just fine.
In the case of category display, the Developer's Tool Kit will not get you to the Admin selections for category display.
Folks are beginning to demand from template creators, "how do I move my product description to (insert place here)." If the template author was not responsible for the placement or use of certain code, they should not have to field questions about that. Their time could be better spent polishing the templates configuration rather than spending time researching something that was not a part of the template to begin with.
If a template included the files for say, COWOA, then COWOA would be a valid topic in the thread. If checkout is not touched, then a question of adding text to the checkout page should not be part of the template discussion.
As Zen Cart gets more and more complicated, more and more folks are coming to the forum without taking the time to google a question. Or, taking the time to investigate the "workings" of the cart itself.
Perhaps we need a new forum topic - Point Me in the Right Direction - for those folks. Even if the user doesn't start with a Point Me thread, perhaps we should redirect them in order to control bloat in a thread that often needs to be read from beginning to end for clarification.
I'd venture to say that most of the 329 (currently) posts about the Responsive Classic have little to do with anything that Anne's template touches or was intended to be touched.
To quote Dennis Miller, "Of course, that's just my opinion. If you don't agree with me ....":P