You can use it in such cases :
Templates files you can find in "templates/front_templates" folder. It's consist of main and item. You can look at already exist files and create you own. Just don't forget to apply their in the list in "Apply Templates" tab.
Unfoturnately, No. You need to create separately projects. It's because in templates uses class ids for main container and item container (it's need to flexible setup templates files).