Template

I’m sorry there is no documentation yet.
Please tell me what exactly you want to do. Then it’s easier to help you.

I still hope to provide some documentation within this year but can’t promise anything. As I’m developing this plugin besides my real job I have only very limited time.

Yes i read that you had another job…is there just a simple way i could use your existing template and where can i place it?

I just want to change the position of everything to blend in with my site, and edit layouts, etc.

Within your theme you can create a file rpr_recipe.php that will take care of displaying single posts. You cann use all template tags that are also used in the files in the templates folder of the plugin.
However if also want to change the appearence of excerpts you will either have to create an own template folder within recipepress-reloaded or do a lot of work on the archive pages of your template. Please not that changes in the plugin folder will get lost with each update. I currently have no better solution however. If you have an idea, let me know.

I made a new template folder to make my own excerpt template like you suggested, but it doesn’t change the excerpt. Any suggestions?

Does your template appear in the settings section ‘appearance’?
You will need to select it there.