page templates

  • How does one make and apply different page templates in this theme? I’d like to have a single column page (no side bars etc) to use for inserting gallery of images in. Right now, when I make a gallery or portfolio page, even when I select full size for the image size, it still gets displayed with the default page template, which has a large image on the left side.

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  • sacredpath

    (@sacredpath)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    Hi there, you can create and style your own page template in your child theme. It might be best to start with one of the existing page templates and then modify and rename that template file using your own unique name, and then create the necessary CSS using your own CSS classes and IDs to make it look the way you want it. See here for more on Page Templates.

    If you have not yet done so, I would suggest creating a child theme so that any customizations you make will not be overwritten by a future theme update.
    Child Themes
    Child Theme creation plugins

    Alternately, you could do this in CSS by preceding the CSS selectors with the unique page body class for the page you are working on, if there is only one or two pages. If there are more than that, the child theme and new page template route would likely be less work and you could use the template over and over by simply selecting it from the Page Template pulldown in the page editor.

    Thread Starter secilk

    (@secilk)

    Thanks sacredpath, and apologies for not writing sooner. Because I only need one more page template, I was thinking I’ll go the CSS route rather than child theme. But maybe child theme creation is simpler than I thought. Thanks for the links.

    Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    Child themes are amazing and really not complicated to set up. ??

    Here are a couple more resources to add to what Richard already gave you:

    https://op111.net/53/
    https://vimeo.com/39023468
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Page_Templates#Custom_Page_Template

    Good luck!

    Thread Starter secilk

    (@secilk)

    Thanks Kathryn. I will check out the resources you shared.

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