Title: New Template Problem!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# New Template Problem!

 *  [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/)
 * Hello Everyone,
 * I’m trying to create a new page template so as a start I’ve created a new template–
   freegames.php file by coping
    the page.php and paste to the new file, and adding
   code:
 * <?php
    /* Template Name: freegames */ ?>
 * Before editing this file I’ve tried to add a new test page and I used
    the new
   template freegames.php and the result is that the whole page is moving to the
   left and the side bar goes down. I didn’t change anything except for creating
   a new template – freegames.php and adding a new empty page. How come I’m not 
   getting the same result as using page.php? Please tell me what I am doing wrong?
 * Thank you,
    Dean

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222334)
 * A link to a page that uses the new template might help…
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222345)
 * Hi esmi,
 * I’m using BitNami WordPress Stack to test everything before I post it so the 
   link is:
    [http://192.168.1.135/wordpress/?page_id=3](http://192.168.1.135/wordpress/?page_id=3)
 * Correction: the sidebar stays in place but the whole page moves to the left.
 * Thanks for your help,
    Dean
 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222352)
 * Hi,
 * Refer these articles:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages)
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222368)
 * Hi Shane,
 * I still can’t find the answer, if everything is the same except for the template
   name, how come I’m getting a different result?
 * Thanks,
    Dean
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222396)
 * [@shane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane/): Can I suggest that, if 
   you can’t post anything that’s practically useful, you don’t post anything at
   all? Parroting the same “solution” in very different topics doesn’t help anyone.
   Try **reading** the original post first.
 * [@deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/): 192.168 is a local ip
   address. You’re running this on a local server, yes? It sounds like either a 
   markup/validation error or a CSS issue. Unfortunately, unless I can see the page
   and check the source & CSS, I can’t really offer much in the way of help.
 * If you use Firefox, you might want to try adding the Firebug add-on. At least
   that will allow you to compare the CSS being used by the default template compared
   to your new template. Also try validating a page that uses your new template 
   and compare that to a default page. You could have inadvertently removed an `
   </div>` or similar.
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222486)
 * Hi esmi,
 * I’ve uploaded the same page template to my website,
    [http://gamewikipedia.com/ord/](http://gamewikipedia.com/ord/)
 * Thanks for your help,
    Dean
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222589)
 * Are you still having problems? Only when I compared the page above with the same
   site’s Home page, the page placement looked identical to me.
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222622)
 * Hi esmi,
 * Yes, I’m still having the same problem.
 * Here is the link:
    [http://gamewikipedia.com/word/](http://gamewikipedia.com/word/)
 * Thanks,
    Dean
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222632)
 * Please esmi, can you answer my question, I need help and you are my last hope!
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222633)
 * You probably have some kinds of space/returns or extraneous code in your template
   file. Try creating another one from your page.php file. See the following video
   as well…
 * [link moderated]
 *  Thread Starter [deanbd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deanbd/)
 * (@deanbd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222636)
 * Hi figaro,
    I still can’t find the answer. Here are my page.php, freegames.php
   template and header.php Can you please take a look at it and see what is wrong?
   Thanks, Dean
 * 1. page.php
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
 * <div id=”container”>
    <div id=”left-div”> <div id=”left-inside”> <?php if (have_posts()):?
   > <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <!–Start Post–> <span class=”single-
   entry-titles” style=”margin-top: 18px;”></span> <div class=”post-wrapper”> <h1
   class=”post-title” style=”margin-top: 13px;”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent
   Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”> <?php the_title(); ?> </h1> <div style=”clear:
   both;”></div> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <!–End Post–>
   <?php else : ?> <!–If no results are found–> <h1>No Results Found</h1> <p>The
   page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation
   above to locate the post.</p> <!–End if no results are found–> <?php endif; ?
   > </div> </div> <!–Begin Sidebar–> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <!–End Sidebar–> <!–
   Begin Footer–> <?php get_footer(); ?> <!–End Footer–> </body> </html>
 * 2. freegames.php
 * <?php
    /* Template Name: freegames */ ?>
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
 * <div id=”container”>
    <div id=”left-div”> <div id=”left-inside”> <?php if (have_posts()):?
   > <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <!–Start Post–> <span class=”single-
   entry-titles” style=”margin-top: 18px;”></span> <div class=”post-wrapper”> <h1
   class=”post-title” style=”margin-top: 13px;”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent
   Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”> <?php the_title(); ?> </h1> <div style=”clear:
   both;”></div> <?php the_content(); ?> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> <!–End Post–>
   <?php else : ?> <!–If no results are found–> <h1>No Results Found</h1> <p>The
   page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation
   above to locate the post.</p> <!–End if no results are found–> <?php endif; ?
   > </div> </div> <!–Begin Sidebar–> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <!–End Sidebar–> <!–
   Begin Footer–> <?php get_footer(); ?> <!–End Footer–> </body> </html>
 * 3. header.php
 * <?php
    global $options; foreach ($options as $value) { if (get_settings( $value[‘
   id’] ) === FALSE) { $$value[‘id’] = $value[‘std’]; } else { $$value[‘id’] = get_settings(
   $value[‘id’] ); } } ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//
   EN” “[http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”&gt](http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”&gt);
   <html xmlns=”[http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&#8221](http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&#8221);
   <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <head profile=”[http://gmpg.org/xfn/11″&gt](http://gmpg.org/xfn/11″&gt);
   <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”<?php bloginfo(‘html_type’); ?>; charset
   =<?php bloginfo(‘charset’); ?>” />
 * <title>
    <?php if (is_home()) : ?> <?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> – <?php bloginfo(‘
   description’); ?> <?php else : ?> <?php wp_title(”, ‘false’); ?> – <?php bloginfo(‘
   name’); ?> <?php endif; ?> </title>
 * <?php if ( is_singular() ) wp_enqueue_script( ‘comment-reply’ ); ?>
    <?php wp_head();?
   > <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/style-
   <?php echo $artsee_color; ?>.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” /> <link rel
   =”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> RSS
   Feed” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘rss2_url’); ?>” /> <link rel=”alternate” type=”application/
   atom+xml” title=”<?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> Atom Feed” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘
   atom_url’); ?>” /> <link rel=”pingback” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘pingback_url’);?
   >” /> <!–[if IE 7]> <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” media=”all” href=”
   <?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/iestyle.css” /> <![endif]–> <!–[if
   lt IE 7]> <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” media=”all” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘
   stylesheet_directory’); ?>/ie6style.css” /> <script defer type=”text/javascript”
   src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/js/pngfix.js”></script> <![endif]–
   > <script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?
   >/js/superfish.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> jQuery(function(){
   jQuery(‘ul.superfish’).superfish(); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id=”wrapper2″
   > <?php if (get_option(‘artsee_foursixeight’) == ‘Enable’) { ?> <?php include(
   TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/includes/468×60.php’); ?> <?php } else { echo ”; } ?> <div id
   =”wrapper”> <!–This controls pages navigation bar–> <div id=”pages”> <ul class
   =”nav superfish” id=”nav2″> <li class=”page_item”>” class=”title” title=”home
   again woohoo”>Home <?php wp_list_pages(“sort_order=$artsee_order_page&depth=3&
   exclude=1031,1037$artsee_exclude_page&title_li=”); ?>
 *  <img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/images/pages-bg-right-<?php
   echo $artsee_color; ?>.gif” alt=”pages bg right” style=”float: right;” />
    <!–
   Begin Search Form–> <div class=”search_bg”> <div id=”search”> <form method=”get”
   action=”<?php bloginfo(‘home’); ?>” style=”padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; margin:0px
   0px 0px 0px”> <input type=”text” name=”s” value=”<?php echo wp_specialchars($
   s, 1); ?>”/> <input type=”image” class=”input” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’);?
   >/images/search-button-<?php echo $artsee_color; ?>.gif” value=”submit”/> </form
   > </div> </div> <!–Begin Search Form–> </div> <!–End pages navigation–> <!–This
   controls the categories navigation bar–> <div id=”categories”> <ul class=”nav
   superfish”> <?php wp_list_cats(“sort_column=$artsee_sort_cat&sort_order=$artsee_order_cat&
   optioncount=0&depth=3&exclude=$artsee_exclude_cat”); ?>
 * </div>
    <!–End category navigation–>
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-template-problem/#post-1222637)
 * I can’t tell just by looking at the code…zip the theme and give me a download
   link and I’ll look at it.

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