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1. FelicitySundog
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi,

   I have what may be a php problem. I created a child theme of Twenty Eleven and I'm trying to create a custom template for the homepage. I modified the page.php template and saved it as homepage.php for my new template.

   I have this code at the top:
   

   /**
    * The template for displaying Homepage.
    *
    * @package WordPress
    * @subpackage Twenty_Eleven
    * @since Twenty Eleven 1.0
    */

   And I've uploaded it to the proper theme folder on my webhost. However, when I go to create a new page and select this theme from the drop-down menu on the wordpress interface, it doesn't show up as an option. It only shows me 'Default,' 'Showcase,' and 'Sidebar.' Am I missing something? I didn't have to add any code to the functions.php file when I did this with Twenty Ten, but if I do now, I don't know what it is. I've googled for help, but haven't found anything to resolve this yet.

   Thank you kindly,
   Fel

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 7 months ago #

   for a page template to show in the dropdown, you need to follow the instructions in http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates

3. FelicitySundog
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi alchymyth,

   While I thank you for the links, those happen to be the instructions I was following when I added my extra template. It does not show up in the drop-down menu as I expected it to, based on my experiences with Twenty-Ten, which is why I am writing.

   Are there any troubleshooting tips for why this may not work? And before anyone asks, I did not use any of the already claimed php includes.

   Thanks,
   Fel

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 7 months ago #

   those happen to be the instructions I was following when I added my extra template.

   fine - then you should have a section like this at the top of your template - if not, add it.

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

5. FelicitySundog
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   My humble apologies. You are correct. I completely skimmed over the fact that little bit at the top was not the same. I had copied the php comment from an existing custom template from another working site I had and I just assumed that if it worked there, it'd work here.

   But it works now. Thank you for your assistance. I was about to switch templates all together I was so frustrated.

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