Saving reformatted sample templates in Contribute CS3 for reuse

i have taken a sample template and reworked it so that it
works for our organization - and used this reformated template to
create our home page. Now I would like to save that augmented
template so that I can use it as my base template to create the
other pages for the website. How can I do that?

I found a LiveDocs page which gives troubleshooting info "templates not showing up in Contribute". It gives the following reasons why a template would not be shown:
Templates not downloaded correctly.
This doesn't seem possible because all the templates were initially in the list and then one goes missing (after it has been used to create a page)
The permission group the user belongs to might not have access to that template.
I have checked the user permissions under "New Pages" in the Administer Website options and the user can use all templates.
Check templates have .dwt extension
They do.
Check templates are in the /Templates directory
Checked and they are.
Does anyone have any ideas why a template would suddenly go missing in Contribute?
Thanks

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Saving reformatted sample templates in Contribute CS3 for reuse

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