Custom Page Template Won't Display Any Content

All you need to add html code after ?> and save the file as .php and upload on your theme folder and then when you create page you will see Front Page Test template in page attribute

What govpatel said.

Also, a quicker and more fool-proof way to setup your home page template is to name it home.php. WordPress will pick it up automatically without you needing to link the template via page attributes. In this case you won’t need the /* Template Name: ... */ block.

If you’ve switched your front page to a static page, also add something like this to your functions.php:

function site_templates($template) {
	// Use home.php for front page
	if ( is_front_page() )
		$template = get_query_template('home');

	// Use blog.php for blog section homepage
	if ( is_home() && get_post_type() == 'post' )
		$template = get_query_template('blog');

	return $template;
}
add_filter('template_include', 'site_templates');

Sooo… What i’m currently trying to do is create a completely blank, full width page template, with no WordPress menus/posts/header/footer/etc. The page must be an exact duplicate of my existing index.html page with nothing more than my current content/graphics/links/etc. I have been following the directions on the following page for creating my custom template:

The reason I said that he wants the same index.html page and one thing to remember is that this content will not be saved on database you will just creating blank page with the template.

Thanks a lot you guys! I really appreciate all of your help!

Govpatel… I didn’t realize I had to add all of the HRML/content directly in the file before I uploaded it. I had been trying to add content to the page from within WordPress admin. So… Since the content won’t be saved in the database, will my index.php page still be automatically added to my sitemaps or not? Any technical drawbacks to the page not being stored in the database?

John… I’m still trying to absorb your suggestions, but i’m thinking that might be the way to go once my WordPress site is ready to go live. What are the pros and cons of doing it this way versus the way i’m doing it now?

Thanks again. You guys are awesome!

~ Aedryan

Sorry for all of the questions you guys, but I have yet another one. I’m pretty sure I have the whole static/splash front page thing figured out. However, I do still want my blog’s “homepage” (the default index.php page) to open when users click on a link to enter the blog section of my website as well. How would I go about doing that?

~ Aedryan

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Just as an update, I went ahead and moved forward with installing WordPress in my root directory. I have my static front page all up and running with my existing site running, as I silently develop my WordPress site and convert my old pages in the background… Mission accomplished! >8>) The blog “homepage” question I had in my last post worked itself out as well. For some reason, when I assigned a blog page it automatically pulls up my template’s default homepage, exactly as I wanted.

I really would like to be clear on a couple of things regarding the static front page thing, though… Firstly, since the static front page and it’s content will not be stored in the database, it’s not going to cause any problems as far as my sitemaps and search engine spiders crawling my site, is it?

Thanks again for all of your help and suggestions, guys. It has been very much appreciated!

~ Aedryan

*sigh* Well… Here is the newest issue… My theme’s blog page has a large slider at the top and a Quote Line 1 and Quote Line 2, which are supposed to reside beneath the slider. For some reason the slider is shifted down and it’s over top of the quote lines. Everything is setup identical to the way it is on my test installation, except for I now have a static front page assigned and the blog page is assigned as the posts page in settings/Reading Settings. That’s the only difference. I have tried deactivating every plugin one at a time to make sure there aren’t any conflicts with no success.

Can someone PLEASE help me out with this?

~ Aedryan