Multiple index-like pages?

  • I’m new to WP and am using it in a slightly unconventional way, since it seems like a great platform for any site, not just blogs.

    One of the ways this site is unlike a blog is there is really no occasion where we will use “single.php.” But what I will need to do is link to pages that look like home pages but aren’t. For example, the “menu” page (it’s for a restaurant) will have the site header, then in the main content area there will be seasonal specials styled one way, then normal menu items styled another way. The “posts” are all very short, just an image, price and a short description. The page will have the same sidebar as the home page, and the same footer.

    So a page like this really isn’t a category page, and it’s not a post. I can’t really figure out what it is, or how I should approach building it. Any ideas?

    Thanks —

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  • If I understand this correctly your wanting to create different page templates for the different pages on your site.

    You can do this by opening page.php and entering the following `/*
    Template Name: exampletemplate */just after the opening<?php`. After doing this save this new page template with a new name, and you can edit it as required.

    To use it you just need to add a new page from within the WordPress backend and under Attributes select your new page template from the list.

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