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Posted by Jack Vu
Jack Vu
10,325 Points

Page template scroll down options are not showing in "Page Attributes" section when editing a page.

I'm following Zach in Building Page Templates in Wordpress. I'm trying to add the side bar template, but WP doesn't show the option in the "page attributes" section.

Thanks in advance for the help!

3 Answers

Jack Vu
Jack Vu
10,325 Points

LOL. I spelled it "tamplate" not "template"

ryan95
ryan95
8,964 Points
ryan95
ryan95
8,964 Points

Make sure you have the template name comment at the top of the page like so:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Sidebar
*/

And the naming convention is: page-sidebar.php

Jack Vu
Jack Vu
10,325 Points
Jack Vu
Jack Vu
10,325 Points

yep. It's all there. That's not the issue.

Here's my page-sidebar-left.php file:

<?php /* Tamplate Name: Left Sidebar */ ?> <?php get_header(); ?>

<section class="two-column row no-max pad"> <div class="small-12 columns"> <div class="row"> <!-- Primary Column --> <div class="small-12 medium-7 medium-offset-1 medium-push-4 columns"> <div class="primary">

                <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

                <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
                    <p><?php the_content(); ?></p>

                        <?php endwhile; else : ?>

                        <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no pages found.' ); ?></p>

                <?php endif; ?>

            </div>
  </div>     

        <!-- Secondary Column -->
        <div class="small-12 medium-4 medium-pull-8 columns">
        <div class="secondary">
          <h2 class="module-heading">Sidebar</h2>
        </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

</section>

<?php get_footer(); ?>