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Hi Gangleri

The following is the Codex example…

[Creating Your Own Page Templates

The files defining each Page Template are found in your Themes directory. To create a new Custom Page Template for a Page you must create a file. Let’s call our first Page Template for our Page snarfer.php. At the top of the snarfer.php file, put the following:

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

The above code defines this snarfer.php file as the “Snarfer” Template. Naturally, “Snarfer” may be replaced with most any text to change the name of the Page Template. This Template Name will appear in the Theme Editor as the link to edit this file.]

So, my question is…how do I create a file and then have it appear in the Theme Editor?

Or if I use notepad and save, do I then FTP that file???

Thanks

Hey I’m in the same boat…my daughters away at school,so I am really struggling now because I can’t grab her when I need her for some advice.But maybe I can offer a little insight.

If you have a few domains, a host and you have found WordPress … that’s a great beginning. And besides that you have discovered and realize that you need the FTP utility in order to transfer info from the hard drive on your computer to your WordPress blog.

Now when you open the FTP program all the info from your hard drive should automatically be displayed, next you need to connect to your hosted account at WordPress. So, one pane has the hard drive info, the next pane should be blank … you need to click the blank pane in order to create a remote connection. Now if you already set-up the FTP program, after establishing that link the file that you created when you set up the account should appear in the blank pane. Click the file name and press connect and a list of everything that has been saved will show up.

Next click wp-content,click themes. So now, on the remote pane you well have the category themes visible, next you should go back to your hard drive side and search your file listings until you locate the themes that you previously downloaded, next you click one of them. Find the arrow or whatever tool your FTP program has for transferring a file from one pane to the next and click it.

Wait until it loads, then you need to log into wordpress ‘what-ever-your-site-name-is.com/wp-admin’ and click the ‘design/theme tab’ and your theme should be visible.

I hope there is something here that will make your journey easier…

Have A Great Day … 8o)