Question : Sharepoint Services cannot access custom templates

I am using Windows Sharepoint Services version 3.0 and I have loaded additional Site Admin templates from the Version 3.0 website from Microsoft.

I have uploaded the templates into the Top Site's Site Templates ( I have Site Owner permissions).

However when I then want to create a new site using the Site templates it says that on the Site Creation section under Templates Selection there should be a Tab called Custom but I only have Collaboration and Meetings.

Am I missing step here?

Regards

Answer : Sharepoint Services cannot access custom templates

The problem here turned out to be that you need to load the templates into Sharepoint using the stsadm command from the command line. First run stsadm -o addtemplate (template name) once this is completed run stsadm -o addsolution to add the template to the gallery.
The stsadm command can be found at \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN