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Just trying for some clarification...

If I use a "Template", does it have to be one that is specifically designed and built for CMSMS (like in a WordPress Theme/Template) or can I apply it to a custom Template I build in Dreamweaver?

Thanks for your help!

Simply put, Template is your HTML structure, means you can create any structure as you wish, therefore you do not need to follow any specific functions or file strcture like in WP.
To make your template work with CMSMS all you need to do is add smarty tags where needed, attached stylesheet and anything else you wish to do as described here http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/layout/cr ... n-template

Thanks for responding and sorry it took me so long to get back to you.

I finished a handmade site that I created in Dreamweaver. I also, in a separate directory on the site, installed the CMS Made Simple program.

Maybe I misunderstood, or didn't explain it clearly enough, but I wanted to know how to use this program in my custom templates that are NOT built from within the CMS Made Simple program. Is that possible?

Thanks again!

You can use almost any selfmade template

As uniqu3 stated, "To make your template work with CMSMS all you need to do is add smarty tags where needed, attached stylesheet". Also take a look at the Minimal Template: it's a basic template with all the necessary tags.
Did you read http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/layout/cr ... -customize