[Sruly Markowitz]

I want to use htaccess to point to a static page as my home page. This is because my categories and other dynamic content will not be changing often, but my design will, and I do not want to have to call a developer every time I want to add a banner or a promotion to the front page. I am proficient in HTML CSS but not in smarty/php

However, I do want to include the quicksearch feature (quicksearch.tpl) in my static page.

My static page is at root level (I skinned it to match the xcart theme exactly), so how do I go about including the quicksearch.tpl feature in my static page?

Thanks

P.S.
I tried
{PHP}
{include file="skin/storesigns-2column/customer/quicksearch.tpl"}
{/PHP}

but that didnt work