Custom page template

[phirephoenix]

I might be missing something completely obvious, here, but how do I create a custom page template for Alyeska? I’m customizing the functionality of a plugin I’m using, and I’d like to throw all the code into a page template and just specify which page should display that custom tool. But the usual method of dropping a page-[slug].php into the theme folder isn’t working, and I figure you must have a function somewhere registering the various page templates the theme uses.

Thanks!

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[Jason Bobich]

This isn’t anything specific to the theme, and there is nothing stopping you from creating a file in your Child theme called page-{slug}.php that targets a specific page with that slug. However, it sounds like you’re getting mixed up between targeting pages with theme files and creating “Page Templates” —

What you’re describing by making files page-{slug}.php is creating a theme file for a specific page with whatever slug, but I think you’re actually wanting to create a “Page Template” that you select from when editing pages.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates

The theme doesn’t need a function to register page templates, as that’s not how WordPress works. It doesn’t matter what you name the file . WordPress just scans the theme directory and adds any theme files that have a Page Template title at the top as the page templates the user can select.

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