omega where to make changes? I've installed Omega 7.x-4.2 and created my subtheme and I just want to start practising making changes with page.tpl.php and css but there are just so many files and so far nothing has affected change.

I copied over page.tpl.php found in omega/system folder and placed it in my subtheme/templates then placed styles in my subtheme/css/subtheme.hacks.css but see no changes at all.

Also have noticed in sites/all/themes the path structure is different for omega that is all/themes/omega/(ohm)omega/templates and in other
all/themes/subtheme/templates. I set this up a while ago following documentation and can't remember why it has ended up this way and whether or not that would cause problems. There are no errors just no changes taking effect.

Just all seems so unnecessarily complicated!
A couple of things you can check...


In your subtheme, have you declared omega as your base theme in the .info file?



name = omega sub theme
description = my sub theme
base theme = omega




Have you enabled your subtheme as the default theme in admin/appearance?
Have you flushed the cache after making changes? ( configuration > development > performance > clear cache )
In dev tools, or whatever you use to inspect an element, when you have the source open, what is the path? Is it definitely coming from your sub theme folder?