Hi xcarter,
To move your category description text:
Locate in customer/main/subcategories.tpl the following line and
copy it. Then {*comment it out *}...
Code:
{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description}<p />{/if}
Then further down the code locate the following include...
Code:
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra='width="100%"'}
and paste the copied code you've commented out immediately afterwards (and add a BR for some layout). So the resulting code (including the include) will look like...
Code:
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra='width="100%"'}
<br />
{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description}<p />{/if}
Hope this helps.