I THOUGHT, incorrectly it appears, that I could test out some new templates on my website simply by copying an existing page, thus creating a new page not linked to other pages, and then use
List of Pages >> Edit Page Layout >> Page Template
alas when I do that the pages look nothing like any of the template themes
https://www.shopsite.com/templates/cookbook/builtintemplates.shtml
For example: Edgewise
Template Cookbook> Built In Themes> Boot Two Templates> Edgewise Theme
So I could change my page template to Boot-Two.sst to see how it looks.
Alas that is not the case. There must be a difference between "Templates" and "Themes" I'm misunderstanding.
So is there any easy way to "test drive" some page templates/themes?
Thank you.