tpl.php

hi
I am trying to create a table in views which has different colours for the rows according to the value of a field in user. At present this is either white or green if the user:field_paid is set or not.
Following the video of torontowebdeveloper on youtube I have created a tpl.php file in my subtheme templates directory and a template.php in the root of the subtheme.
The tpl.php seems to sort of work but does not have any impact on the targeted row or even a field apart from removing the value of the row or field. Though I can see the class in firebug.

Hi Guys,