Custom Multisite Theme: template usage

  • bman1

    (@bman1)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    Can anyone tell me if I am using my template files correctly? My navigation is off and I can’t seem to do the kind of blog/page editing I need for each page of my website.

    I have a custom, multisite WordPress site that will contain a total of 6 sites. The primary site is a collection relatively static pages. The subsequent 5 sites, located under the navigation link ‘Our Thoughts‘ are dedicated blog sites.

    I am using my template files in the following way:

    index.php
    This contains include code for header and footer. In between that, it includes conditional code that determines the blog_id. If the current blog_id is the primary site, homepage.php (custom template) is called. If it is any of the other blog_id’s, homepagenetwork.php (the second custom template) is called, specific for displaying a blog layout.

    Homepage
    Contains hardcoded HTML – I would like to make this editable via a WordPress page.

    homepagenetwork.php
    This contains the typical HTML container code, the_content(), ‘comments_template()’ tag etc.

    header.php, footer.php, sidebar.php, comment-template.php
    Typical coding here. Nothing special.

    If anyone can recommend usage of the other common Worpdress templates, or perhaps different usage of the templates I am currently using, I’d much appreciate it.

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