Page Template Attribute keeps disappearing

  • jakobud

    (@jakobud)


    14 years, 3 months ago

    Ever since I upgraded my site to WordPress 2.9, when I go to make changes to a static page or create a new page, the Theme Template attribute is not there anymore. It only gives me the option to change the parent page and the order. There is no dropdown to choose a template.

    I read elsewhere that a basic fix is to switch to a different theme (like the default) and then switch back. That worked when I did it, but now the problem is back again. Do I have to always go in and switch themes to fix this or is there a permanant solution?

    I am putting together a site with a custom theme for my client and I need a permanant fix for this problem so that several months down the road my client does not need to contact me saying that they can’t change page Templates…

    Is there something in my custom theme that I need to change in order to make sure that custom Templates are always available? I did not have this problem at all in WP 2.8.6.

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  • Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    I remember someone mentioning recently that this seems to be related to the theme data at the top of theme files, you’ll see this in the default theme at the top .. (the commented code)..

    If you add a variant at the top of your own theme, does this help at all?

    I can’t say whether it’s true, i don’t have a need to test for it, i don’t experience the problem, but it’s worth a shot.. 😉

    Thread Starter jakobud

    (@jakobud)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    I don’t understand what you mean. All of my template files in my theme have the proper template code at the top similar to this:

    <?php
/*
Template Name: My Cool Page
*/
?>
    Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Sorry i’m referring to these.

    /**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

    Used the default theme as example.

    Not sure this matters anyway, it was just a suggestion.

    Thread Starter jakobud

    (@jakobud)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Does anyone else have a solution to this problem?

    snikolaus

    (@snikolaus)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    I don’t, but fwiw I’m seeing this problem too. Any way to fix this?

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