and when I check my website, only the text shows, not the template itself, why?
The template, if it is HTML, you would have to put it into the index.html for it to show up. It won’t just magically link to the template. If the template is CSS, you’ll still need a link at the top of your index.html page the style.css template page. If you want to have text inside a set up html template, copy the template file, name it index.html, and put in your text on that file.