template... hooks... php added...help?!

[CommanderFluffy]

hi. ive been trying to add a total template and i really would like it all to be a php of such since the rest of the site is. i have been trying to get my head around this hooks system since it is aparently from where ive been reading makes the templates load faster. so ive made custom hooks and what not just how do i add them or make them templates. i have html code do i add it in the plugins with the hook or what. ive looked all over and theirs really no explanation on how it makes templates. it just says to add these variables but they say nothing else about the html or php side of the system.

any help would be apreciated on how i make this work.

regards,
Fluffy