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1. leafmealone
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This all should be pretty simple, which is why I'm kicking myself here. I am simply trying to make a Contact page for my site. I've made a contact.php file which has basically the same layout as the main index.php file, and consists of:

   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Contact Page
   */
   ?>
   
   <?php get_header(); ?>
   
   <?php include('leftsidebar.php'); ?>
   
   	<div id="main-content" class="contact">
   
   		<div class="maintitle"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
   
                   <?php the_content(); ?>
   
   	</div>
   
   <?php include('rightsidebar.php'); ?>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   And then I write a page, give the Contact Page Template, and publish it. When I go to my Contact page, everything looks fine, and it even inserts the Title of the Page I wrote, but the content is conspicuously absent. Just...nothingness.

   I'm sure I'm an idiot, but why?

2. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to create a contact us page with the same template on your website. Take a look at my site and let me know if this is the idea you are going for. Compare the index page with our contact us page.

   http://www.enviropro.biz

3. leafmealone
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   LSJ, that's exactly right. Even down to the content of the contact form you have below, that's just what I'm trying to accomplish. I know this is a very basic question, thanks for helping out.

4. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Your page does not have The Loop. You never pull the post content, so "the_title" and "the_content" are undefined.

   You MUST have a Loop. Even though the page only has one entry, it still must Loop.

   Like this:

   <div id="main-content" class="contact">
   		<?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
   		<div class="maintitle"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
                   <?php the_content(); ?>
   		<?php endwhile; ?>
   	</div>

   That while stuff is not optional.

5. leafmealone
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Otto,

   Thanks a million. That worked - I thought that the Loop was only necessary if you were cycling through many posts/pages. Thought if there was only one, the_content would default to that. Foolish of me.

   Marked as resolved, I appreciate it.

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