[mccollin]

Actually, no. I took a left turn on you there. Remember that I'm a phpBB guy and have just been using templates for a few weeks... totally new to me. Assume I'm an idiot with this stuff and may be missing something simple.

In the $mode statement, I've got a new page template for each. Rather than pass two variables in the url, I've just piggy backed on the one you already put there for "page" (it's the last code in vbindex.php at the bottom). So, I'm not passing page... I'm sticking it in there from the $mode conditionals. So, the $page=chevypage is for the template named "home_extra_chevypage" as you've defined in your code.

That works fine. But, it's not enough for me to replace just that home template. I want to let home_extra_chevypage call a different home_news, home_newsbits, home_right, and home_header (than the one that the home page calls).

I created new templates of those names as home_custom_news, etc., then I referenced them in home_extra_chevypage... but they didn't do anything.

The evaluate part of this is probably where I'm missing something. Again, assume I'm an idiot on this. I will keep trying and let you know if I figure it out before you respond. Thanks a ton for your quick responses.