bphil00

Well… damn, it’s a great idea for a plugin and definitely one that should be part of the wordpress core.
Let me know if you get it functional, in the meantime, I guess I’m back to the drawing board.

Anyone know of a plugin that adds custom templates to posts??

Actually, when I load that post it uses the 404 template.
I’m at a loss here as to why this is happening.

okay, I changed the uppercase ‘Items’ to ‘items’ and it worked! The meta box now shows up in the custom post editor. Unfortunately it’s not applying the template to the post’s page when viewing it.

Here’s the code I used to register it:
https://pastebin.com/hvHDqFk1

Any idea why it’s not applying the template?

Thank You!
I’ll try it when I get home and update you.

damn it, moderator!
I’m at work now, I’ll repost using pastebin when I get home this evening. Sorry about that.

sure, here it is:

[Code moderated as per the Forum Rules. Please use the pastebin]

yes, your explanation is what made me think to try that. thanks again!
also thanks tomaltman for your help.

boom!
and there it is, thank you japh!
with just one minor adjustment to your suggestion,
adding echo before get_post_meta:

<?php echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'blurb', TRUE); ?>

still displays nothing ??

<p><?php get_post_meta('echo $post_id', 'blurb', TRUE); ?></p>

this now displays nothing, not even the id

update:

okay, what about this?

<?php
$productCats = get_categories( 'child_of' => 3 ); //the ID of the
parent category
foreach($productCats as $productCat) {
  echo '<article class="item">
                      <a href="products/' . $productCat->slug .
'.php"><img src="images/categoryThumbs/' . $productCat->slug . '.jpg"
alt=" " />
                      <h2>' . $productCat->name . '</h2></a>
                      <p>' . $productCat->description . '</p>
              </article>' ;
}
?>

oh, also I was planning on using a plug-in to assign a thumbnail image to each category, for use in this php code. Any recommendations?