I have this Warning showing on my Control Panel:

      
rt_crystalline_j15          this template doesn't have the section message activated

If a template doesn't have the section message activated you can't see the component feedback in front end.
You need to add this text <jdoc:include type="message" /> somewhere above this text <jdoc:include type="component" /> in the index.php file of the template.
For more information see this web page : http://docs.joomla.org/Jdoc_statements

I looked at the index.php (//templates/rt_crystalline_j15/index.php) and it does not have any jdoc:include's.

This is a new template from RocketTheme and it uses the Gantry Framework.  Could this be the problem?

I am going to try creating a form module and see if it works anyway.

A friend who recommended this said it defaults to a left module position, which is not available in this template.

Any ideas?

Daniel