Hi Dustin,
T3 Blank is just a starter template. You can edit, delete, merge, separate merge those blocks to fit your need.
You do not need to keep the original file structure.
Regards
I'm not all that savvy in php yet. Here is what I did to edit the template, please let me know if you suggest another method or if I left something out I should do.
I created a new filed in the /t3_blank/tpls/blocks/ folder called "header_mainnav.php". Ended up inserting the header as the first child of the <nav> Here is what the file looks like:
<?php
/**
* @package T3 Blank
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2012 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
* @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
*/
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
$sitename = $this->params->get('sitename') ? $this->params->get('sitename') : JFactory::getConfig()->get('sitename');
$slogan = $this->params->get('slogan');
$logotype = $this->params->get('logotype', 'text');
$logoimage = $logotype == 'image' ? $this->params->get('logoimage', '') : '';
if ($logoimage) {
$logoimage = ' style="background-image: url('/.JURI::base(true).'/'.$logoimage.');"';
}
?>
<!-- MAIN NAVIGATION -->
<nav id="t3-mainnav" class="wrap t3-mainnav navbar-fixed-top navbar-collapse-fixed-top">
<!-- HEADER -->
<header id="t3-header" class="container t3-header">
<div class="row">
<!-- LOGO -->
<div class="span8 logo">
<div class="logo-<?php echo $logotype ?>">
<a href="/<?php echo JURI::base(true) ?>" title="<?php echo strip_tags($sitename) ?>"<?php echo $logoimage ?>>
<span><?php echo $sitename ?></span>
</a>
<small class="site-slogan hidden-phone"><?php echo $slogan ?></small>
</div>
</div>
<!-- //LOGO -->
<?php if($this->countModules('head-search or languageswitcherload')): ?>
<div class="span4 clearfix">
<?php if ($this->countModules('head-search')) : ?>
<!-- HEAD SEARCH -->
<div class="head-search<?php $this->_c('head-search')?>">
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('head-search') ?>" style="raw" />
</div>
<!-- //HEAD SEARCH -->
<?php endif ?>
<?php if ($this->countModules('languageswitcherload')) : ?>
<!-- LANGUAGE SWITCHER -->
<div class="languageswitcherload">
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('languageswitcherload') ?>" style="raw" />
</div>
<!-- //LANGUAGE SWITCHER -->
<?php endif ?>
</div>
<?php endif ?>
</div>
</header>
<!-- //HEADER -->
<div class="container navbar">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">
<i class="icon-reorder"></i>
</button>
<div class="nav-collapse collapse<?php echo $this->getParam('navigation_collapse_showsub', 1) ? ' always-show' : '' ?>">
<?php if ($this->getParam('navigation_type') == 'megamenu') : ?>
<?php $this->megamenu($this->getParam('mm_type', 'mainmenu')) ?>
<?php else : ?>
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('mainnav') ?>" style="raw" />
<?php endif ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
<!-- //MAIN NAVIGATION -->
I then went and changed the loadBlock calls of
<?php $this->loadBlock ('header') ?>
<?php $this->loadBlock ('mainnav') ?>
to just
<?php $this->loadBlock ('header_mainnav') ?>
for the following files:
default.php
default-content-left.php
default-content-right.php
default-joomla-2.5.php
default-joomla-3.0.php
home-1.php
home-2.php
I still need to edit the CSS of the body so it shows under the header but everything else looks to be working correctly. I'd just like to know if this was the best/correct method of attack and if I left anything out.
except that I have lost my logo and my navbar is transparent and not fullwidth 
