gregwhitworth

Ok, figured it out. I was looking at the CODEX to see if it said anything after @esmi saying the theme wasn’t child-theme-friendly. And I saw this line:

Template. (required) directory name of parent theme, case-sensitive.
NOTE. You have to switch to a different theme and back to the child theme when you modify this line.

At one point I read the ‘case-sensitive’ part so I changed this and forgot to refresh switch themes. I did this and now all templates are visible. Stupid mistake! Thanks guys!

Ok, figured it out. I was looking at the CODEX to see if it said anything after @esmi saying the theme wasn’t child-theme-friendly. And I saw this line:

Template. (required) directory name of parent theme, case-sensitive.
NOTE. You have to switch to a different theme and back to the child theme when you modify this line.

At one point I read the ‘case-sensitive’ part so I changed this and forgot to refresh switch themes. I did this and now all templates are visible. Stupid mistake! Thanks guys!

Just to explain it a little better as my last post is a little confusing, here is an example of my directory:

/wp-content/
     /themes/
          /parent/
               ... other theme files are here ...
               template-liquid.php
               template-blog2.php
               template-magazine.php
         /child/
                ... other theme files are here ...
               template-full-width.php

So when editing the page the only template in the drop down is Full Width. Thanks again for the help.

Yes. Only from the child theme, very confusing. I have used other parent themes/ frameworks before and have never run into this problem. Now I am developing a more streamlined one for myself and am not sure what the issue is here.

Here is one of my templates:

<?php
/** Template Name: Full Width */
update_option('current_page_template','temp-full-width');

get_header(); ?>

<div id="primary">
    <div id="content" role="main">
        <?php the_post(); ?>

        <?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>

    </div><!-- #content -->

    <div class="clear"><!-- --></div>
</div><!-- #primary -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

One thing that I am curious that might be the problem is the get_template_part as those files reside within the parent theme. Not sure if that is indeed the problem but I am at my wits end with this.