I'm having a hard time getting my signup form to work within my existing web site. I took the basic signup form code, placed it within my existing page, and then renamed the file "layout.phtml". This will be the landing page for my membership service. I'd like to have more control over how the form looks. I can't trace where all the fields/bricks come from (existing phtml files?) to edit the format. I was wondering, could I use the generated source (from "view source" when layout.phtml is displayed in the browser) and just use it within my page? Then I would have complete control?
Embedding aMember code into another webpage will almost always cause problems. The recommended way to do this is to style the aMember page to match the website. Documentation on how to do this is found in the Customization Section towards the bottom of this page.
more specifically, look at this for custom signup forms http://www.amember.com/docs/Custom_Signup_Forms