Replacing Main Page

  • cdcolo

    (@cdcolo)


    15 years, 2 months ago

    I have a site where I would like to “inter change” the main page. I do not want the main page and then a sub-page or folder, I want to replace the page and I need to be able to keep the original page because I will need to do an A/B Test.

    How can I achieve this?

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  • andrewwebdesigner

    (@andrewwebdesigner)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Rename the index.php to something else. Then edit the file and at the top add, <?php /* Template name: A */ ?>.

    Then create a new PHP file, add the content you want to be on the homepage. Add <?php /* Template name: B */ ?> to teh top.

    Now, in your WordPress Dashboard, add a new page, add a title, NO CONTENT, and to the right, use the drop down box to select the A template. Add the page.

    Again, add a new page, add a title, NO CONTENT, and to the right, use the drop down box to select the B template. Add the page.

    Thread Starter cdcolo

    (@cdcolo)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for this information. I hope this is not too much to ask but, I’ve got a couple of more questions on same topic.

    1) when I rename index.php to something else, do I want to keep a file named index.php (as it is) with it’s current contents?

    2) When you say create a new PHP file, “adding the content…” am I “really” adding content or making this file to look the same as the one in step 1 above or am I actually dumping in code, video and the content of what the page will look like?

    3) I’m thinking this code will allow me to have a drop-down menu to select Template A or Template B and make that the page which people will see when they access my primary URL.

    Thread Starter cdcolo

    (@cdcolo)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    OK, this is what I have done thus far.

    1) took the index.php file and renamed it to indexa.php

    2) took indexa.php and added <?php /*Template name: A /*?> to the 1st line.

    3 created a file called indexb.php and added <?php /*Template name: B /*?>

    4) went to WP and began to create a PAGE called NO CONTENT (didn’t save) but, looked in the Page Attributes PARENT drop-down box for Template A & B. Couldn’t find these files.

    So between my previous message above and the info herein, hopefully we should be able to point out where I went wrong.

    Also of note: I’m using a Theme called Optimized Press which has several different templates already installed if, this is where I’m to find the newly created templates.

    Again, thanks for all your help.

    andrewwebdesigner

    (@andrewwebdesigner)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    The PHP code is setup incorrectly.

    <?php
    /*
    Template name: A
    */
    ?>

    — Andrew

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