How do you make a WordPress front page template in the Carrington blog theme?

Question

I tried adding a frontpage.php file to the content directory, but that wasn't being loaded. Now, I've added the following snippet to assure I'm getting a context of 'frontpage':

add_filter('cfct_context', 'scompt_front_page_context');

function scompt_front_page_context($context) {
    if( is_front_page() )
     return 'frontpage';
    return $context;
}

That's allowing me to create a frontpage.php file in the loop directory, but I'm still unable to get it to use a my file for the content.

Answer 1

Not exaclty sure what you're trying to do, but in order to use a page template in Wordpress, you must have this at the top of the file:

<?php
/*
Template Name: mypage
*/
?>

and that goes before

<?php get_header(); ?>

And in order for Wordpress to use the template, you have to select it in the page editing area in admin.

So, for a "frontpage," use a template named home.php - with the template name as above - and select it as the template to use in the page editor.

Answer 2

The index.php file is used on the front page of your wordpress blog. Edit (or create) the index.php file to make changes for the front page of your blog.

Answer 3

you need two pages to get this to work.

1. page_example.php (make newfile in same directory as page.php)

2. pages/page_example.php (copy and rename page_default.php)

page_example.php must have this header only

<?php
/*
Template Name: Page example
*/

if (__FILE__ == $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) { die(); }
if (CFCT_DEBUG) { cfct_banner(__FILE__); }

cfct_page('page_example');

?>

and

pages/page_example.php is the page it calls so really all your changes need to be in here. ie remove the side bar, get_sidebar();

now select this page as usual when you are creating a page.