Re: Templates
There could be some confusion because the word "templates" means a few different things in Tiki. One is content templates, which are pasted into wiki pages when the same page content is needed more than once. Another kind of template is the .tpl files that are Smarty (template engine) templates that are used along with .php files to create the Tiki pages. Also, "templates" is also another word for theme or skin, for an alternative visual appearance. Which kind of template do you mean? If you mean theme, then this site has some guidelines. See Tiki Transforming.
-- Gary