ok i’ve managed to fix things a bit by putting the files back into the test area I had originally created.
it doesn’t solve the problem I have initially though. Even though the header & footer files are working – but only because I uploaded the latest versions to this test area (www.balipadda.com/clients/balipadda)
I read something about the pages still pointing to the old test site I created before migrating it to the current spot, so I deleted the files and now I get server 500 error argh! Even when I create a new page.