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1. mrengy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm developing a theme from scratch locally.

   I followed the section in the Codex for "How can I have a static front page and posts display on a page called Blog?".

   I had to switch to the default theme, and switch back to my new theme in order to get the custom template to show up. Then I was able to select the custom template called "Blog-Archive" for the "blog" page.

   But the template is clearly not being called on the blog page. It is using a default template. I put in static code into the "Blog-Archive" template file (blog-archive.php) to see if it loaded in the "blog" page, and it did not.

   Header for the template file (blog-archive.php) reads:
   

   <?php
   /**
    * @package WordPress
    * @subpackage bxd_Theme
    */
   /*
   Template Name: Blog-Archive
   */
   
   get_header();
   ?>

   I'm stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Your main Posts page will always use your theme's index.php template file - so that's the file you need to customise.

3. mrengy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That was it. Thanks!

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