Oh, IF your layout gets messed up due to the missing code in right.tpl just add an empty cell like this (this is what you end up with if you remove all the right.tpl content):

Code:
</td>
<td width="7" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"></td>
<td width="180" valign="top">
What I would do is remove the reverence to size and color and that should fix the layout since the index.tp and right.tpl go hand in hand and it affects how the footer looks.

Code:
</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td valign="top">