did you follow the instructions in http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates
if it is about uploading the new template file, you will need to use FTP http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients
Yes, at least I thought I followed the instructions, but now that I figured out where to upload the file to, when I preview the page it only shows the code script. So, now I’m trying to figure out which php file I need to alter in order to display the page correctly. I want to have secondary pages that look like the home page, but don’t have the big image slider at the top. Any idea which php file I need to alter to make the template?
Here’s a link to the site, not sure that will help in this case.
a link to a page using the template would be more useful; it might also help if you post the full code of your page template (please use the pastebin http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code )
for details, you will need to contact the developer/supplier of your theme, as this forum only supports themes from http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
Here’s a link to the sample page. Any idea what I need to remove to stop the image slider from showing up on a page?
Any idea what I need to remove to stop the image slider from showing up on a page?
no – you will need to contact the theme’s developer or provider for support.
I’m confused, you want to create a custom page template, so why have you include code that you now want to remove.
you need to create a php file and upload it to your theme folder
the page needs to have this in it.
<?php
/*
Template Name: Custom page template name
*/
?>
you can then add some content below the ?>
with whatever you need.
you then create a page in WordPress and set the default template to this file.