Hello Matthias,
This problem can be solved.
Did you take a look at another Templates?
You also should take a look at the Help Pages "Designer-Guide" and then you know which Elements are used in a Template.
The simplest solution for beginners is to play around with some Templates and dofferent show_menu2 calls.
Please look also here:
http://code.jellycan.com/sm2test/Regards,
Stefek