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Custom page in Wordpress

grizzly · 2012-02-22 17:34:56

Would anyone know the easiest way to do this? I've taken an existing theme, modified the style sheets to my liking and now want a couple of custom pages. I can this this by placing this code at the top of a HTML file and renaming .PHP and uploading. <?php /* Template Name: *custom* */ ?> This works great, but I'd like the…

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22-02-2012 6:34pm

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Would anyone know the easiest way to do this? I've taken an existing theme, modified the style sheets to my liking and now want a couple of custom pages. I can this this by placing this code at the top of a HTML file and renaming .PHP and uploading.
<?php /* Template Name: *custom* */ ?>

This works great, but I'd like the ability for my client to edit via the dashboard. Do I need to start modifying an existing page? I really just want to apply predetermined styles and remove the header.

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#2 22-02-2012 6:49pm
DonkeyStyle \o/

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placing this code at the top of a HTML file and renaming .PHP

This isn't really how you're supposed to use templates.
Instead, make your template.php file from a copy of single.php and make the necessary changes to that.
When you do it this way, the client can still edit the text like any other wordpress page.

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#3 22-02-2012 6:52pm
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Thanks, I'll try that.

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