I am a beginner and have already run across a problem. When trying to import templates, none of the templates in my template folder shows up. The only way I can manage to install a template, is to double-click on the file in my template folder. However, then, after telling me the template is installed, the program then loads a new instance of itself. So then I am sitting with two open Site Designer windows. I simply close the new instance, access the template chooser on the first instance and the new template is there, so that works. The "Import Template" option opens to my template folder, but it shows up empty. At this point I have about 30 templates in the folder.

The templates you see in the left column when you open Site Designer (SD for short) are already imported. They are just to be selected and opened. The Import templates button is to be used if you have downloaded a template that is sitting somewhere else on your computer, like in the Download folder, then it needs to be imported into SD.