Hi this is my code BEFORE adding literal tags:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
{* $Id: home.tpl,v 1.42 2002/10/22 10:27:05 olga Exp $ *}
{ config_load file="$skin_config" }
<html>
<head>
<title>{$lng.txt_site_title}
{if $main eq "catalog"}
{if $location eq ""} {$lng.txt_subtitle_home}
{else}
{strip}
{section name=position loop=$location start=0 }
{if %position.last% eq "true"} - {$location[position].0|escape}{/if}
{/section}
{/strip}
{/if}
{elseif $main eq "product"}
{if $product.product ne ''} - {$product.product}{/if}
{elseif $main eq "help"}
{$lng.txt_subtitle_help}
{elseif $main eq "cart"}
{$lng.txt_subtitle_cart}
{elseif $main eq "checkout"}
{$lng.txt_subtitle_checkout}
{elseif $main eq "order_message"}
{$lng.txt_subtitle_thankyou}
{/if}
</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
<body onLoad="MM_preloadImages('%7B$ImagesDir%7D/missy.jpg')">
{ include file="meta.tpl" }
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{$SkinDir}/{#CSSFile#}">
</head>
<body LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 RIGHTMARGIN=0 BOTTOMMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>
{ include file="rectangle_top.tpl" }
{* { include file="head.tpl" } *}
<table border=0 width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center">
<tr>
<td class=VertMenuBox></td>
<td colspan="3" valign=top class=VertMenuBox>[img]{$ImagesDir}/missy2.jpg[/img]</td>
<td></td>
<td valign=top></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class=VertMenuBox width=6></td>
<td class=VertMenuBox width=150 valign=top> { include file="customer/categories.tpl"
} {if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Modules.bestsellers_menu
eq "Y"} { include file="modules/Bestsellers/menu_bestsellers.tpl" } {/if}
{if $active_modules.Gift_Certificates ne ""}
{ include file="modules/Gift_Certificates/gc_menu.tpl" } {/if}
{ include file="help.tpl" } </td>
<td width=20></td>
<td valign=top>
{include file="customer/home_main.tpl"}
</td>
<td width=20></td>
<td width=150 valign=top> { include file="customer/menu_cart.tpl" } {if $login
eq "" } { include file="auth.tpl" } {else} { include file="authbox.tpl"
} {/if} { include file="news.tpl" }
{ include file="poweredby.tpl" } </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class=VertMenuBox></td>
<td class=VertMenuBox></td>
<td></td>
<td>{ include file="copyright.tpl" }</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
{ include file="rectangle_bottom.tpl" }
</body>
</html>