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#36700 eksplode:

I have some basic html and css knowledge, but I don't know anything in php and tpl.

I too only have html/css knowledge. Just get to know Cotonti for a bit, and you'll see just how manageble it all is.

The tpl's are simply the files you put you're html in, most modules/plugins have a default tpl folder containing the default working template.

Copy those files to your /theme folder and edit them to you're likings. Cotonti will automatically use the tpl file in your theme folder over the default one.

(copy module tpl to your /theme folder and those of plugins to /theme/plugins)

all the tpl files (combined with some basic tpl file rules ofcourse) make your website theme. Imho the biggest plus side of this system is that is gives webdesigners a very high level of control on how and where content is displayed.