Title: Multiple templates ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple templates ?

 *  [memeticmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/memeticmedia/)
 * (@memeticmedia)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-templates-2-2/)
 * Hi I am working on creating a custom theme, and I want to have a template for
   the “blog” section of the site that has a sidebar, with all the categories listed
   in it. How do I specify that a PHP page be available for use as a template ? 
   Also how do I list all the categories on the sidebar ?
 * Another question, some of the pages will have sub-pages. For these pages I will
   also want to use a template with a sidebar that lists all the sub-pages for that
   particular page. How would I accomplish ? I am new to theme design so any assistance
   would be most appreciated.
 * Thanks,
    Colin

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-templates-2-2/#post-1400597)
 * You need to get acquainted with the following:
    [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
   [Stepping Into Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates)
   [Category Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates) [Page Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates)
 * > Also how do I list all the categories on the sidebar ?
 * Use the category widget or the wp_list_categories template tag.

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