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1. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I've set up a custom template for one of my pages. This is for member pages of which I'm going to have like 50+. The template for the page is basically just a wrapper with no content.

   In wordpress, I create a page and set my custom template to use as the template.

   Then in the "code" section, I paste in code (some paragraphs and a picture) for the body of the page.

   But when I view the page, this code section does not show up on the page at all, which seems odd. When I view source, it is not there. I have saved the page - do I need to do something else?

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   The template for the page is basically just a wrapper with no content.

   If you meant there is no Loop in it - nothing will show up ever.

3. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Oh... no it has no loop. I thought if there was no posts, it didn't need a loop. What loop would I use? have_posts()? That doesn't quite make sense...

   Anyway I tried adding in

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   -- my content would go here --
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php else : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   That didn't work either.

   I figured if the content was all static you didn't need anything else but content. Here is my basic template as it stands now:

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

   <?php get_header(); ?>

   <div id="wrapper-person">
   <div id="content">

   <!-- I want content to show here, entered in as "code" in wordpress interface -->

   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>

   <div class="clear"></div>
   </div><!-- /wrapper -->

   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   What am I missing?

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Copy the Loop exactly from your page.php template.
   If there is no Loop how do you expect to retrieve the data that you put into the content = in the database.

   You have some misconceptions: Pages are entries as well into the database as the posts are. They just have different settings and they are not part of the chronological stream.
   A Page template needs a Loop:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates

5. tdellaringa
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks moshu - I get you now. I did misunderstand that, duh I should have made the connection to wordpress -> page needs to be there.

   Thanks!

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