Create a php file with some unique name (like snarfer.php) and put it in your WordPress theme directory.
This is the way you create a WordPress Page templates:
<?php /* Template Name: Snarfer */
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Open index.php of you remplate:
1. Check the top of your index.php file, it should be changed like this one or just use this code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” dir=”<?php echo $this->direction; ?>” >
<head>
<jdoc:include type=”head” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/css/template.css” type=”text/css” />
</head>
2. Replace all php codes relating to modules.
This is an example of an old code <?php mosLoadModules ( ‘header’, -3 ); ?>
Replace with this <jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”header” style=”xhtml” />
3. Replace the mainbody code from <?php mosMainBody(); ?> to <jdoc:include type=”component” style=”xhtml” />
4. Rename the template_css.css file in your /css folder to template.css
5. If there is stuff like this one on yout code:
<?php if (mosCountModules(‘user1′)) : ?>
Chenge ot to look like this: <?php if($this->countModules(‘user1′)) : ?>
6. Check if there are anouther external files like footer.php for example. If there are just open and remove some source code starting with MOS
This should be it 
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If you want to change the look of the Joomla search module and Joomla search component:
Copy the file:
/components/com_search/views/search/tmpl/default.php
to
/templates/my_template/html/com_search/search/default.php
Now make a few changes in that file and refresh your site.
In a similar fashion, you can also override the Search Module layout file. Copy the file:
/modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php
to
/templates/my_template/html/mod_search/default.php
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To do this open the the your 1.5. Joomla template index.php
find this line of code:
<jdoc:include type="component" />
and change it to this:
<?php if (JRequest::getVar('view') != 'frontpage'): ?>
<div>
<jdoc:include type="component" />
</div>
<?php endif ?>
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