Adding new page templates

  • How do I add new page templates and make them show up in the PageTemplate menu when making or editing a page? Now there are only Default Template, Links and Archives to choose from, but I want to make pages that look differently from other pages.
    I have created a new .php and it shows up as a ‘theme file’ in the theme editor, but it still doesn’t show up as a Page Template to choose from when making pages.
    Does anyone have a suggestion?

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  • Pages#Creating_your_own_Page_Templates
    this might help

    ok bud.. just make sure that your template page looks like this… Where it says “New Template”, put the name of the template you are making (i.e. Photo Gallery)

    <?php
    /*
    Template Name: New Template
    */
    ?>

    <?php get_header(); ?>

    –>Your content will go here<–

    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
    <?php get_footer(); ?>

    Thread Starter mezzoforte

    (@mezzoforte)

    Thanks for the help! However when I make a page template and don’t put in the call for the sidebar, it still shows up on the page which uses the template. Any ideas?

    I don’t know about your theme… but if it’s a modification of some other – many themes call for the sidebar from inside the footer.php.

    mine is just a mod of the default theme and it works just fine…

    Thread Starter mezzoforte

    (@mezzoforte)

    Mine is a mod of the default theme too. And I can’t find anywhere else where the sidebar is called…

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