Can't seem to call template from nav menu

[ahughes3]

I have created a module called "Vatspy.php" inside a folder called "Vatspy" the code of the file is below:

<?php
class Vatspy extends CodonModule  //Name can be any names.
{

    public function index()
    {
		    $this->render('vat-spy.php');
    }
}
?>

I have then created a template page called "vat-spy.php" which has the following code:

<!-- Flightboards Tables -->
 <h3 class="classic-title"><span>Flight Boards</span></h3>
<!-- Start Content -->
<div class="call-action call-action-boxed call-action-style2 no-descripton clearfix">
<div class="row blog-page">
 <!-- Start Blog Posts -->
 <div class="col-md-12 blog-box">
  <!-- Start Post -->
  <div class="blog-post image-post">
   <!-- Post Thumb -->   
		    <div class="post-head">
 <a class="lightbox" href="<?php echo SITE_URL; ?>/lib/skins/margo-full-width/images/tools/test1.jpg" title="This is an image title"><img alt="" src="<?php echo SITE_URL; ?>/lib/skins/margo-full-width/images/tools/test1.jpg" /> </a>
	   </div>
   <!-- Post Content -->   
   <div class="post-content">
 <h2>
  <a href="#">Image Box With Nice Lightbox</a></h2>
 <ul class="post-meta">
  <li>
   By <a href="#">iThemesLab</a></li>
  <li>
   December 30, 2013</li>
  <li>
   <a href="#">WordPress</a>, <a href="#">Graphic</a></li>
  <li>
   <a href="#">4 Comments</a></li>
 </ul>
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	    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- End Post --> 
 </div>
 <!-- End Blog Posts -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- End Content -->

I want to basically call the template as a page from the nav menu so I have set up a link on my navbar that looks like:

<li><a href="<?php echo url('/Vatspy.php'); ?>">Vatspy</a></li>

When I click on the link it then brings up the "VATSPY.PHP" module does not exist.

What I am trying to do is to create a page with details on Vatspy and just have it load as a page from the navbar. I do not want to create a page using the admin centre because as and when phpvms gets updated I will lose all those pages I'm assuming? Plus coding in the editor on phpvms is poor.

So can anyone spot my obvious mistake? Because I can't, but then that's not saying much!

[Vangelis]

the corect link to call a module is

<li><a href="<?php echo url('/Vatspy'); ?>">Vatspy</a></li>

And i would loose the "-" in the template name

[ahughes3]

Thanks Vangelis as always, you came up trumps. I dropped the .php and changed the template name, now it works a treat.

Sometimes you just can't see what's staring you in the face

[ahughes3]

If I create a module to go with a template, at the moment I am placing it in core/modules but I am conscious that if there is an update to phpvms these will be overwritten. If I create a module folder in my skins folder, would that work or does it not check in the same way as it does for skins?

[Vangelis]

The files in core/modules wont get overwriten during an update

[ahughes3]

The files in core/modules wont get overwriten during an update

Awesome, thanks