Title: Learning about Pages
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Learning about Pages

 *  [Yeowza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeowza/)
 * (@yeowza)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-about-pages/)
 * Hey guys, I am trying to make a custom static page like about.php
 * To load the wordpress environment for this page do I need to do this?
 *     ```
       <?php define('WP_USE_THEMES', true); require('./../../../wp-blog-header.php'); ?>
   
       <?php /* Template Name: ProShade */ ?>
       ```
   
 * Also I create a template called ProShade, is this just for including header, 
   sidebar, footer etc for your pages?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-about-pages/#post-1481884)
 * Assuming you are in WordPress you should just be able to write a new page.
 * If you want to change the look of the page, then you could create a [Page Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates)
   and assign it to that page, but that is not necessary to actually create a page.
 * Use the Page Widget if you want to provide visitor access to your pages.
 * Related:
    [Stepping Into Template Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Template_Tags)
   [Stepping Into Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates)
   [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy) [Theme Developement](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Developement)

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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/learning-about-pages/#post-1481884)
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