Custom page templated problem

  • Resolved yoshid

    (@yoshid)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    hey everyone, I hope somebody will be able to help me out.

    I’m trying to create a custom page template which I would then apply to my home page. I am replicating sidebar-page.php and giving it a new name home-page.php.
    in home-page.php I’ve changed the template name to Homepage Template.
    I then choose Homepage Template from the dropdown menu in wp-admin applying it to the page I created.
    the problem I’m having is that even though my new template includes a sidebar, the page shows as singular post. I haven’t changed anything in the home-page.php file except file name and templated name.
    I’m using twentyeleven as my base template.

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    http://www.transformationpowertools.com/wordpress/twenty-eleven-new-page-template-with-sidebar-correction

    hopefully you are using a child theme – if not, strongly consider to create one to work with.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    also:
    http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/43793/trouble-in-creating-a-custom-template-on-twentyeleven-theme

    Thread Starter yoshid

    (@yoshid)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    you are Da’Man alchymyth! your script worked great.

    I am using child theme for my customization, however when I try to use functions.php from my child directory I get this error:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare twentyeleven_excerpt_length() (previously declared in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/112577/webspace/siteapps/20589/htdocs/wp-content/themes/ria/functions.php:318) in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/112577/webspace/siteapps/20589/htdocs/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php on line 320

    if I edit functions.php in twentyeleven theme it works fine. as you pointed out, it’s better not to edit the template theme, but it’s the only way I can get it to work.

    I really appreciate you help. thanks a lot.
    paul

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    only use new functions in functions.php of your child theme; don’t copy the full functions.php file.

    some functions need to get corrected with unsing filters, others are pluggble, i.e. can be overwritten with a different function in functions.php pof a child theme.

    difficult to explain in general – please ask again with details.

    my article was explicitly using codes that you can add to a fresh functions.php in a child theme – just make sure to start the functions.php file with

    <?php

    and to end it with

    ?>

    (nothing before the first one and nothing after that last code)

    Thread Starter yoshid

    (@yoshid)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    thanks again for pointing me in the right direction. I’ve set up a proper child functions.php file, registered new widgets, I’m good to go.
    cheers
    paul

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