min-max fields in a views theme?

addendum to this, but different presentation: http://drupal.org/node/1113698

Instead of using a custom mod, perhaps this bit of code can go into a template?

I tried creating views-view-list--property_search.tpl.php in my "newsflash" theme. property_search instead of the example "foobar" being the name of the View. Similar code used:

<?php
// $Id: views_price.module,v 1.22 2011/04/02 19:53:27 sun Exp $

/**
* Alter the form to display dropdowns for price range
*/
function mainland_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
  switch ($form_id) {
    case 'views_exposed_form' :
      $form['submit']['#value'] = t('Search');
      $from_options = array(
        '' => t('Any'),
     '5000' => t('5,000RMB'),
      '10000' => t('10,000 RMB'),
      '15000' => t('15,000 RMB'),
      '20000' => t('20,000 RMB'),
      '30000' => t('30,000 RMB'),
      '40000' => t('40,000 RMB'),
      '50000' => t('50,000 RMB'),
      '100000' => t('100,000 RMB'),
      );
    $to_options = array(
        '' => t('Any'),
     '5000' => t('5,000RMB'),
      '10000' => t('10,000 RMB'),
      '15000' => t('15,000 RMB'),
      '20000' => t('20,000 RMB'),
      '30000' => t('30,000 RMB'),
      '40000' => t('40,000 RMB'),
      '50000' => t('50,000 RMB'),
      '100000' => t('100,000 RMB'),
       '100000' => t('100,000 RMB plus'),
      );
      $field_propprice_value_min = array (
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#multiple' => false,
        '#required' => false,
        '#options' => $from_options,
        '#default_value' => 'Any',
      );      
      $field_propprice_value_max = array (
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#multiple' => false,
        '#required' => false,
        '#options' => $to_options,
        '#default_value' => '$1,000,000 plus',
      );    
      $form['field_propprice_value']['min'] = $field_propprice_value_min;
      $form['field_propprice_value']['max'] = $field_propprice_value_max;
      $form['field_propprice_value']['min']['#title'] = t('from');
      $form['field_propprice_value']['max']['#title'] = t('to');
      break;
  }

}

Not as mentioned in the code part of my custom module, but a view theme instead. I'm using advanced help, but I still can't make heads or tails of where to get this going. Rescanning template files doesn't bring up the new template.

Again, I ask, what am I missing here? Gotta be something simple.