[hoosierglass]

If it is a static page then it should be located in /skin1/pages/US/

I do not know why your page only shows code.

Here is how we do it.....

Once you create your static page you will want it to link onto you home page in some way. For this example I will use our Weekly Specials page.
I wanted this page link to be like a category and listed as the first item in the category list. So in categories.tpl just before

{foreach from=$categories item=c}

I put the call to the static page

<a href="http://www.kennedyhardware.com/weekly-special.html" class="VertMenuItems"><b>Weekly Special</b></a><br />

Now we have CDSEO Pro so it has changed
www.mywebsite.com/skin1/pages/us/pages.php?pageid=## to the html version. There are other ways to do this and to be honest this is probably not the best way when using CSS.

Hope this helps and gives you ideas.

Mike