General Silly newbie question about the primer

Hey all.

First off, my thanks for providing such a valubale service.

I read the basic primer and have a basic understanding of html. I downloaded the template, unzipped it, and got all the files as mentioned in the primer.

Hit a brick wall at this step:

>Click on the index.html file and it will open in your browser. It looks just >like the one on line, great. (You can always view your work in your >browser)

I don't see the page as shown on your website, but get a white background with everything lined up on the left hand side of the page.

Am I missing a simple step? Using IE8 if that matters.

Thank you very much!

Mark (hoping not to be too much of a nuisance here) ;-)

 

Thank you very much for your prompt response.

Tried it a few more times, and with different templates, to no avail

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Mark

editted: I *did* get a file called "style", which is a cascading style sheet document....

and editted again LOL I've got it ;-) Thank you!!