Events Organiser plugin: modifying event templates

Hi there – I am working with the Event Organiser Plugin and having some issues.

I am trying to modify two templates: single-event.php, and event-meta-single-event.php. I am trying to do 2 things:

1) on the single event page, disable categories and tags from showing
2) on the single event page, move the event details to show up below the event description/content

I’m having 2 problems:

1) If I copy the template files into my theme, and edit them, no changes show up on the site. However, if I make the edits directly to the template files within the plugins directory, the changes do show up
2) I cannot figure out what I need to change on the single event page to move the details below the event’s content/description. Nothing I move makes it work.

This is the code for the single event page:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying a single event
 *
 * Please note that since 1.7, this template is not used by default. You can edit the 'event details'
 * by using the event-meta-event-single.php template.
 *
 * Or you can edit the entire single event template by creating a single-event.php template
 * in your theme. You can use this template as a guide.
 *
 * For a list of available functions (outputting dates, venue details etc) see https://codex.wp-event-organiser.com/
 *
 ***************** NOTICE: *****************
 *  Do not make changes to this file. Any changes made to this file
 * will be overwritten if the plug-in is updated.
 *
 * To overwrite this template with your own, make a copy of it (with the same name)
 * in your theme directory. See https://docs.wp-event-organiser.com/theme-integration for more information
 *
 * WordPress will automatically prioritise the template in your theme directory.
 ***************** NOTICE: *****************
 *
 * @package Event Organiser (plug-in)
 * @since 1.0.0
 */

//Call the template header
get_header(); ?>

<div id="primary">
	<div id="content" role="main">

		<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

			<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

			<header class="entry-header">

				<!-- Display event title -->
				<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

			</header><!-- .entry-header -->
	
			<div class="entry-content">
				
				<!-- The content or the description of the event-->
				<?php the_content(); ?>
<!-- Get event information, see template: event-meta-event-single.php -->
				<?php eo_get_template_part( 'event-meta', 'event-single' ); ?>

			</div><!-- .entry-content -->

			<footer class="entry-meta">
			<?php
			//Events have their own 'event-category' taxonomy. Get list of categories this event is in.
			$categories_list = get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'event-category', '', ', ','' );

			if ( '' != $categories_list ) {
				$utility_text = __( 'This event was posted in %1$s by <a href="%3$s">%2$s</a>.', 'eventorganiser' );
			} else {
				$utility_text = __( 'This event was posted by <a href="%3$s">%2$s</a>.', 'eventorganiser' );
			}
			printf($utility_text,
				$categories_list,
				get_the_author(),
				esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) )
			);
			?>

			<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
			</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->

			</article><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->

			<!-- If comments are enabled, show them -->
			<div class="comments-template">
				<?php comments_template(); ?>
			</div>				

		<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

	</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->

<!-- Call template footer -->
<?php get_footer();

Any ideas?