jbusci

well, first off you’ll need to know what theme you are currently using.

To find out, go in to Appearance -> Theme inside of wp-admin. Look for current theme.

Once you see what theme you are using, you’ll know where in the WordPress file system you need to go.

The wordpress file system is on your host server. Typically, you’d access this through FTP, either a local client, or in your hosts control panel.

Once you get access to the file system, the theme path is wp-content/themes/[yourCurrentThemeFolder].

to get a custom page template to work in the wp-admin editor here is what you need to do.

create your custom template inside your theme folder.

homePageTemplate.php for example.

on the top of that file you want to tell wordpress the name of the theme.

<?php
/*
Template Name: Home Page Template
*/
?>

then make sure that you set up wordpress front page display to static page and pick the page you create to use with the template.

on that page, make sure to change the template to Home Page Template or whatever name you gave it in your homePageTemplate.php file.