add a post type exclusive to a page

Hi,
When you say a certain post type do you mean a custom post type, is this a page, a post or a custom post type?

When we know this we will be able to help more.

Also have a look at the template heirarchy, as single-{$posttype}.php would work, lets use film as a post type then, single-film.php could be used.

For a specific page page-{$slug}.php so page-news.php, or page-{$id}.php, page-234.php

Then you can use the post_class(‘my-class’) in the new file just for that single instance, I wrote about post classes recently so this post may help.

I have a custom post type in a child theme called information, I just copy single.php as information.php then add in functions.php

/* Information Posts Template selection - a single.php just for our information posts */
 function dr_info_template_redirect() {
	global $wp;
	if ($wp->query_vars['post_type'] == 'information') {
		if( file_exists( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/information.php') ) {
			include( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/information.php');
			die();
		}
	}
 }
add_action("template_redirect", 'dr_info_template_redirect');

HTH

David

Hi,
Creating the post type:
I have a custom post type called information this is created with code in functions.php

The template page:
I open single.php and save this as information.php

The content: (loop)
If there is a loop-single.php or content-single.php file, I open and save this as loop-information.php or content-information.php

Within these files I can add a body class, post class, or add any page specific changes like the post thumbnail etc:

The code snippet above is also in the functions.php file, this tells WordPress to use information.php for the ['post type'] == 'information'

Conclusion:

The reason is because I will be styling this post type a certain way

Looking again at the template heirarchy and your question, if it is a custom post type, just forget the code, open single.php and save it as single-{$posttype}.php (like: single-information.php)

Do as above with the loop file if you are required to change the content layout.

Then just add your styles classes to the new files.

HTH

David