http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:28:10 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-post-type-page-template-not-working#post-23874 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:38:13 +0000 helgatheviking 23874@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>you are so going about this the wrong way. </p> <p>please read the codex on Template Hierarchy... which is geeky wordpress speak for which wordpress template will display what type of content</p> <p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Custom_Post_Types_display" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Custom_Post_Types_display</a> </p> <p>basically you can copy index.php, rename it archive-wheels.php and it will automagically show all the wheels posts, since it would be following the correct naming structure outlined in the codex</p> <p>or if you insist on doing it the 'page-template' way instead of using the built in approach, then you'd do better to copy from the blog template instead of page.php</p> <p>template-page-blog.php </p> <p>hope that helps! </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/custom-post-type-page-template-not-working#post-23873 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:11:12 +0000 iyamdman 23873@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>I am learning Wordpress and modifying the Themeatic framework, but I am learning as I go.</p> <p>I have a custom post type called 'wheels'.</p> <p>I took the page.php file, and renamed it wheels_page.php</p> <p>I added the page template header.</p> <p>Now I only want it to display posts only for the post type "wheels".</p> <p>I added this line to the new page template (I put it just under the "container"):</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id=&quot;container&quot;&gt; &lt;?php query_posts(array(&#39;post_type&#39;=&gt;&#39;wheels&#39;)); ?&gt; &lt;?php thematic_abovecontent(); ?&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;content&quot;&gt;</code></pre> <p>I then created a page called "Wheels" and used wheels_page as the template.</p> <p>The PROBLEM is that when I open the page, it only shows one post, even though there are 6 post in "wheels".</p> <p>Clearly I am not in the loop, but I have no idea where to find it, let alone how to make it a working page template.</p> <p>Can someone help me? </p>