Is the template folder needed for the tutorial?

Hmmm. I didn't think it used the template parser, though it does use a folder called "templates" ... two different things.

Sure, that's fine.  But it could be confusing to php novices.  And anyway the main point was the absence of instructions to create the templates folder, almost as if it were assumed they were already there.

A minor issue, and I've already been through the tutorial, so I'll end this thread here.

Thanks for your input and regards,