Templates A template is a blueprint for your page, and it determines how your pages look and what applications are associated with it. Think of the template as a a window to your application data. Modifying a template merely changes how you view your messages. For example, you can change a FAQ template to display only message titles rather than the title and the full-text of the article. You haven't changed each message, just how it is presented to the user.
New templates are added all the time, so check back often.
You can learn a lot by viewing the templates, and you'll soon discover that the descriptions are often longer than the template itself. If you come up with a cool template, you can share it with the rest of the XP.COM community of sites. Then add a new simple page selecting one of these templates. It's that easy to add a new page. Just a blank template with the ability to add a picture and description.