Way to wrap Header/Footer around static content?

I tried searching the forum and the web for this, but I couldn't track it down.

Basically, what I have is about 500 pages of content that I'd prefer not to plug in 1 by 1 into EZ-Pages. What I thought would work best would just be to grab a snippet of code to call the header and pop it in above the content, and then do the same below the content with the footer.

I plan on letting Dreamweaver then do the heavy lifting by searching and replacing, so that I don't have to paste it into each and every page.

I really don't need the sidebars on these pages. These pages are mainly just a library of articles. I tried pulling pieces of code from the tpl_main_page file last night, but I just couldn't seem to get it working. I'm not a PHP guru, but I'm pretty good with taking a snip here and a piece there and making the page do what I want.

However, that hasn't been the case with Zen Cart. If anyone could help out, or maybe suggest an easier way to do what I'm trying to do, I would appreciate it soooooo much!!