Title: Adding a new template.
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding a new template.

 *  Resolved [fibnok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fibnok/)
 * (@fibnok)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-template/)
 * I’ve beat my head against a very simple problem for about three hours now. I’m
   a beginner and am starting from scratch, so as a first step I’m trying to create
   a blank template for my home page. My goal is to create a blank template which
   I can then learn to format using HTML/CSS.
 * I’ve poured over this article: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Examples](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Examples),
   particularly the part about creating the simple “snarfer” template.
 * I copied the code exactly as it is on the page, created a new file and saved 
   it to my theme’s directly. I even copied the existing “archives” file and renamed
   the template name from “archives” to “snarfer”.
 * I cannot get my new template “snarfer” to appear in the page template drop down
   menu on the write->write page admin panel.
 * I’m probably doing something very simple incorrectly. Can someone stear me in
   the right direction?
 * thanks.
 * Fibnok

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-template/#post-629510)
 * Start by reviewing some of the articles in the Template Files section of [WordPress_Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons).

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