Title: Customize template page
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Customize template page

 *  Resolved [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/)
 * Hi Admin,
 * I was creating a custom page for the index I already add the “Template Name :
   Custom Index Page.” after building the page for basic structure I rush on the
   back end to see if the Template section will show, but I didn’t show, Tried to
   re-installing wordpress, re-installing my xampp and still the same.
 * Can anyone help me figure this thing and how to avoid or fix.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058340)
 * what is the file name for that template?
 * avoid those default file names – [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
 *  Thread Starter [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058342)
 * Hi Alchymyth,
 * Thanks for your reply, I named it custom_page.php
 *  [pinoydeveloper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinoydeveloper/)
 * (@pinoydeveloper)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058346)
 * Hi ricarjay,
 * Please try to deactivate your current theme and then switch back to your theme.
 * Thanks.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058347)
 * > if the Template section will show
 * are you referring to the ‘page attributes’ section in the ‘edit page’ page?
 * what theme are you working with?
 * can you paste the full code of your page template into a pastebin and post the
   link to it here? (see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code))
 *  Thread Starter [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058353)
 * Hi Pinoydeveloper,
 * Already did that i even re-install wordpress and xampp thinking to fix it,
 * Alchymyth, here the code i post on pastebin.com [http://pastebin.com/fmUNJZ7j&#8230](http://pastebin.com/fmUNJZ7j&#8230);
   im trying to learn how to create my own theme, I’ve been doing it before but 
   now i can’t make it work.
 * Thanks anyway hope we can find solution here.
 *  Thread Starter [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058354)
 * [http://pastebin.com/fmUNJZ7j](http://pastebin.com/fmUNJZ7j) here’s the correct
   link sorry for that
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058360)
 * does not seem to like a space after `Name` before the colon `:`
 * this should work:
 *     ```
       /**
        *
        *
        * Template Name: Custom Index Paged
        *
        *
        */
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058361)
 * Great thank you very much for helping me….
 *  Thread Starter [ricarjay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ricarjay/)
 * (@ricarjay)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-template-page/#post-3058365)
 * Hi Admin thank you very much for your help 😀

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