Templates screw up my tables

This is why I gave up with templates!

I have a basic layout, based on a table. The top row is a header ("title").
Next comes a column split into 5 cells for buttons. Finally I have a large
area for text/pictures called "main".

So I save the index.html as "template.dwt" having set title and main as
editable. First problem: main becomes two areas; one narrower, called main,
with the original text; the other very narrow and empty. This is selcted and
deleted as it appears in the preview.

When I apply the template to a new page I have the option of transferring
regions or something. If I choose "nowhere" I get a copy of the original
template with nothing else. If I set title to the header region and main to
the doc body, all the buttons grow alarmingly, taking up the full screen!

Samples can be seen at member.lycos.co.uk/suluk/templateproblems

The graphics and links will not work - and you'll be dumped in a weird place
to start with, but there are 3 files:

foto.html
foto_with_temp.html
and the template itself (template.dwt)

Please let me know what I have done wrong!