Hey, this is my first time attempting to work with a blog program like this and dealing w/ .php so I apologize if it's a stupid question.

i'm using the wiki entry on how to make a custom skin that's here: http://manual.b2evolution.net/Create_a_new_skin

I'm trying to make a custom skin to look like the rest of my website like this:
http://www.michellecore.com/x/template.html and i want the blog content in the space on the left...but when i put in the codes it says on the wiki (the Main Content Area code and the one i'm supposed to put at the very top of the _main.php page) i get this error message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/michelle/public_html/blog/skins/myskin/_main.php on line 17

anyone care to help me out? i'm lost as to how to fix it seeing as i've never dealt w/ .php before this. thanks so much