[Onion Ninja]

Jen, if the image is not changing, maybe your browser has cached the old image and it's showing you that. Try clearing your browser cache, or hit CTRL+F5 to refresh the cache on the current page (make sure F Lock is on on your keyboard).

To edit templates, I use a text editor (Notepad+ or UltraEdit). I've been told not to use Dreamweaver and I'm not sure why. You will need basic HTML knowledge, and CSS too. PHP and other languages might help. I don't think there are many options for WYSIWYG editing of smarty x-cart. Just gotta know enough HTML to understand how the code you are playing with works.

Webmaster mode, I remember needing to turn 2 things on to get it working. I can't remember right now and won't have time to check today. Hopefully someone else can answer that one or I can have a look later.

As for your other questions, I don't know. I'm a beginner too and my store is still pretty ugly. Actually, yours looks better. I wish I chose that template :P

BTW, x-cart is not as easy as it appears before you buy it. It's taking me a million years to get my store ready, as i got a ton of normal job stuff to do most of the day.