node-comment.tpl not effecting output

Thanks for Node comment!

My nodecomment cck content type is working as expected, except the tpl file in my theme folder is not effecting the output. This was true when I used the default comment content type, and also now that I have made a duplicate renamed one. For example, the default tpl uses span class="submitted", but my source shows a div with that class. As a matter of fact, I can actually delete the renamed tpl file from my theme folder, and even delete node-comment.tpl (when I was using "comment") from the module folder, and all still works fine!

I followed these steps:

• Disabled core comments.
• Created a cck content type like the default nodecomment one, renamed.
• Placed node-NEWNAME.tpl.php in my themes folder.
• For the content type I'm using it with (book), I've chosen my custom content type for "Node type for comments" and chosen "nodecomments" for "Comment view".
• Kept view nodecomments at default settings.
• cleared the cache.