Hey guys,

On an off note first (I am really liking the new look of the site. Very posh.) ^^

Now on to the gritty stuff. I am trying to figure out how to override the plugin, 'comic easel' post which uses the default single.php and implement my own simple restructure to it. I am not well versed in php as yet and I am learning. Learning ALOT since I started messing around with wordpress. I know the answer is right in front of me... but for a blind noob, I am MISSING it.

<?php

function ceo_display_comic($size = 'full') {
  global $post;
    if ( post_password_required() ) { 
    return __('This information is password protected.','comiceasel');
    }
  $output = '';
  if (ceo_the_above_html()) $output .= html_entity_decode(ceo_the_above_html())."\r\n";
  $post_image_id = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID);
  if ($post_image_id) {
    $thumbnail = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $post_image_id, $size, false);
    if (is_array($thumbnail)) {
      $thumbnail = reset($thumbnail);
      $hovertext = ceo_the_hovertext();
      if (ceo_pluginfo('navigate_only_chapters')) {
        $next_comic = ceo_get_next_comic_in_chapter_permalink();
      } else {
        $next_comic = ceo_get_next_comic_permalink();
      }
      if (ceo_pluginfo('click_comic_next') && !empty($next_comic)) {
        $output .= '<a href="'.$next_comic.'">';
      }
      $output .= '<img src="'.$thumbnail.'" alt="'.$hovertext.'" title="'.$hovertext.'" />';
      if (ceo_pluginfo('click_comic_next') && !empty($next_comic)) {
        $output .= '</a>';
      }
    }
  }
  if (ceo_the_below_html()) $output .= html_entity_decode(ceo_the_below_html())."\r\n";
  $comic_galleries = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'comic-gallery', true );
  if (!empty($comic_galleries)) {
    $columns = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'comic-gallery-columns', true );
    if (empty($columns)) $columns = 5;
    $args = array(
        'id'         => $post->ID,
        'columns'    => $columns,
        'exclude'    => $post_image_id
        );
    $output .= gallery_shortcode($args);
  }
  if ($output) { 
    return apply_filters('ceo_comics_display_comic', $output);
  } else
    return __('No HTML, Gallery or featured image Found.', 'comiceasel');
}

function ceo_the_hovertext($override_post = null) {
  global $post;
  $post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
  $hovertext = esc_attr( get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, 'comic-hovertext', true ) );
  if (empty($hovertext)) $hovertext = esc_attr( get_post_meta($post_to_use->ID, 'hovertext', true) ); // check if using old hovertext
  return (empty($hovertext)) ? get_the_title($post_to_use->ID) : $hovertext;
}

function ceo_the_above_html($override_post = null) {
  global $post;
  $post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
  $html_to_use = get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, 'comic-html-above', true);
  return $html_to_use;
}

function ceo_the_below_html($override_post = null) {
  global $post;
  $post_to_use = !is_null($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;
  $html_to_use = get_post_meta( $post_to_use->ID, 'comic-html-below', true);
  return $html_to_use;
}

// We use this type of query so that $post is set, it's already set with is_single - but needs to be set on the home page
function ceo_display_comic_area() {
  global $wp_query, $post;
  if (is_single()) {
    ceo_display_comic_wrapper();
  } else {
    if ((is_home() || is_front_page()) && !is_paged() && !ceo_pluginfo('disable_comic_on_home_page'))  {
      ceo_Protect();
      $comic_args = array(
          'showposts' => 1,
          'posts_per_page' => 1,
          'post_type' => 'comic'
          );
      $wp_query->in_the_loop = true; $comicFrontpage = new WP_Query(); $comicFrontpage->query($comic_args);
      while ($comicFrontpage->have_posts()) : $comicFrontpage->the_post();
        ceo_display_comic_wrapper();
        break;
      endwhile;
      ceo_UnProtect();
    }
  }
}

// Do the thumbnail display functions here.
function ceo_display_comic_thumbnail($thumbnail_size = 'thumbnail', $override_post = null) {
  global $post;
  $thumbnail = $output = '';
  $post_to_use = !empty($override_post) ? $override_post : $post;

  if ( has_post_thumbnail($post_to_use->ID) ) {
    $output =  '<a href="'.get_permalink($post_to_use->ID).'" rel="bookmark" title="'.get_the_title().'">'.get_the_post_thumbnail($post_to_use->ID, $thumbnail_size).'</a>'."\r\n";
  } else {
//      $output = "No Thumbnail Found.";
  }
  return apply_filters('easel_display_comic_thumbnail', $output);
}

Now 2 questions:

1) Should I create an individual php file? OR 2) Can I just edit this code and implement my own custom post style?