I must have some understanding of the template referencing wrong, and need to do some basic learning first.
From what I read, bottom.tpl is the footer of the whole site. To test, I added some text to bottom.tpl and uploaded it by FTP. No changes. I deleted the file completely from the server. But I still see the footer even though I thought I just deleted it. So I guess the footer is coming from somewhere else.
Anyway, I should work my way through a few tutorials on x-cart/smarty templates. That will probably answer a lot of questions before I ask.
Thanks Steve
