How to apply customized template for wss?
Reference
WSS2 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288952.aspx
WSS3 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288412.aspx
Install a template
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Download the template you want to install to your computer. You may need to extract the files. By default site template files have extension *.stp
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Log on to the SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
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On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
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In the Galleries section, click Site templates.
If you don’t see Site templates in the Galleries section, you might not be at a top-level site. In the Site Collection Administration section, click Go to top-level site administration.
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Click Upload to save an application template to this SharePoint site.
If you want to save more than one application template, click Upload Multiple Files.
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Browse to the <template_name>.stp file, and then click Open.
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Click OK.
Create a site with customized template
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Log on to the SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
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On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
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In the Site Administration section, click Sites and workspaces.
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Click Create.
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On the New SharePoint Site page, fill in the information about your new site.
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In the Template Selection section, click the Custom tab.
Any site admin application templates that have been uploaded will be listed here.
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Click the template to use for the new site, and then click Create.
The following procedure will not remove any sites that were already
created by using the template. It will only prevent users from creating
new sites based on the template.
Remove a template
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Log on to the top-level SharePoint site as a member of the Owners group.
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On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
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In the Galleries section, click Site templates.
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In the list of site templates, find the application template to remove, and then click Edit.
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Confirm that this is the application template to remove, and then click Delete Item.
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Click OK to confirm the deletion.