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hello, i'm new to php/ftp - im making a school website and its need to be done as soon as possible. i've worked a lot with HTML. i'm the new webmaster - the person who started the website has done it via ftp/php and i had to create a new page so i done that - got the hyperlink and images i wanted to work but i'm having trouble applying the current template to the new page, that site is done with Smarty Template Engine - according to the other person. so can someone please tell me how to apply a template to a new page i really need this, i've been trying to get help for 2 days on other forums and still no answer :'( thank you for your time