de-blogging pages

Okay, here’s what I tried:

1 Created a custom page template by copying page.php and adding the appropriate code at the top.

2 Created a folder in Themes with the custom page template in it. (I also put the same folder with the same custom page template into the actual theme I’m using – Sliding Doors.)

3 Went into Dashboard and in Pages clicked Edit. Selected the page I’d created previously.

Okay, at this point, I’d like to refer to what Help says:

“Once you have created the Page Template and placed it in your Theme’s directory, it will be available as a choice when you create or edit a Page. (Note: when creating or editing a Page, the Page Template option does not appear unless there is at least one template defined in the above manner.)”

My problem is that the new template doesn’t seem to appear as a choice, neither in Edit nor in Quick Edit.

What am I doing wrong? Did I put the new template in the wrong place?

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Hey, esmi – thanks for the help. I put the template in the current theme’s folder but still no joy. The problem’s probably one of two things – either WordPress doesn’t read .rtf files created in Wordpad, or I’m just not seeing the button to click on to choose the new template. You know, when I go into Quick Edit, there’s a drop down called ‘Template’ and the only option listed is ‘Default Template’. Is that the bit that’s supposed to list the new template if I’ve done everything else right?

Okay, I tinkered with the faulty code and now I’m getting a parse error for a different line. I just have to learn how to code.

I wonder if my problem (aside from the obvious one – lack of skill) is that I’m using Wordpad to write the code. Might it be formatting stuff in a way that’s messing things up?

Thanks.

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