Heres What I understand....
To change article styles I CANNOT use a CSS SUFFIX as that only works with modules. Instead I need to create an Alternative Layout and select it from the article parameters.
So....
1) copy the file default.php from components/com_content/views/articles/tmpl/default.php
2) create the following file stucture: templates/myTemplateName/html/com_contents/articles/
3) save the default.php under templates/myTemplateName /html/com_content/articles/default.php
3) IMPORTANT!!! Rename the default.php to something else i.e newLayout.php (Otherwise you will be creating a TEMPLATE OVERIDE not a LAYOUT OVERIDE).
4).... what the hell am I supposed to do then?
I don't want to change the php structure - I just want different CSS styles. Is there a way to change one of the div classes and target through my css file.
Please can you not redirect me to the Jooma! documention - I have read it and the answer is not there. Quelle Suprise!