just paste it anywhere in your header. not mine but works great
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To install simply copy and paste the table into your code where you would like it. I
use mine in the header. You will want to change the CSS classes to match your site.
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<table width="400" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="headerNavigation">
<!-- show empty cart message -->


<td align="right" nowrap class="headerNavigation">
<?php
if ($cart->count_contents() == 0) { echo "Your cart is empty"; }
else { echo "Your cart contains: &nbsp; ";
//'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART).'">'. HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS . ': </a>';
}
?>
</td>


<td class="headerNavigation" align="left" nowrap>
<?php
if ($cart->count_contents() == 1) {echo $cart->count_contents(); echo " item.";}
if ($cart->count_contents() > 1) {echo $cart->count_contents(); echo " items.";}
?>
</td>


<td align="right" class="headerNavigation" nowrap>
<?php
if ($cart->count_contents() > 0) { echo "Total price excl fraight: &nbsp;"; }

?>
</td>


<td align="left" class="headerNavigation" nowrap>
<?php
if ($cart->count_contents() > 0) { echo $currencies-> format($cart->show_total()); }
?>
</td>


<td align="right" class="headerNavigation" nowrap>
<?php
if ($cart->count_contents() > 0) {
if (preg_match("/checkout/", $PHP_SELF)) {
// do nothing
} else {
echo '<a href="'. tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'). '" >'. HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT .'</a>';
}
}
?>
</td>

</tr>
</table>