I have done excatly as the instructions siggest.
I copied the existing page.php and called it news_page.php
I put it into the themes directory
I can now see it listed in the list where you can edit any of the page templates.
I put the following code at the top of the news_page.php file:
<?php
/*
Template Name: News_page
*/
?>
I created a new page and looked for any indication that I can choose which template to use
…I juts cant see any option to change the template for the page !!
..obviously I am missing something…but what ?
The template option does NOT show up unless you have at least 2 (two) Page templates: the default page.php + another one.
I do have two templates. I copied the page.php and added another one called news_page.php so now there are two templates.
They both get listed the right hand side where all available templates get listed for editing by the template editor.
…..:-(
Well, then you did something wrong. Or you might need a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5) when viewing the Write Page subpanel.
The moment you have 2 Page templates, the blue Page Template + thing should appear on the right.
Ok thats it – CTRL+F5 – sorry for being stupid.
Thanks for your patience.
I go back to stumbling about in the dark;-)
