Help modfiying the theme "Matrice"

[mikelucid]

Hey,
I am trying to do a simple mod to the index page of the martice template. Basically instead of showing the product list in the main section next to the categories i would like it to render this page
http://stretch.stretchshapes.net/1-products

of the subcategories being listed. then some featured products below.

how can i make this happen??

[mikelucid]

I have found that thhis code:

    {if isset($subcategories)}
   <!-- Subcategories -->


       {foreach from=$subcategories item=subcategory}

getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$subcategory.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">
                   {if $subcategory.id_image}
getCatImageLink($subcategory.link_rewrite, $subcategory.id_image, 'medium')}" alt="" />
                   {else}

                   {/if}


getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$subcategory.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}
{$subcategory.description|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'|truncate:100:'...'}getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" class="subcategory_link">{l s='View'}


       {/foreach}


   {/if}

is the code i want to display the subcategories i am looking for. though when i put this on a .tpl fil included in my index page, it just goes blank. I am probably not understanding something to do with hooks and included files.

please help a brotha out =)+)