Question

Ive created my first wp-theme, my front page is dynamic with posts etc. I want to create a page that is diffrent than the main one. A page template that has static content as the main content and posts on the side. example; I want to create an about us page and have a static text that tells the audience what we do but I also want posts on the side. Ive created the dynamic part of the page but I’m having trouble with the static part.

This is how the dynamic part looks like:

    <div class="latest-posts eightcol">
      <?php  the_post(); ?>
         <article class="post">
            <h2><a title="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

    <div class="entry-meta links-turquoise">
      <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> &mdash;


           <span class="author"> <?php the_author(); ?>utvecklare</span>
              </div><!-- .entry-meta .links-turquoise -->
      <div>
         <?php the_content(); ?>
            </div>
         </article>

      </div><!-- .latest-posts .eightcol --> 

What I dont know how to write is the static part. I want to create this template so that I can apply the same layout to more then one page.

I hope you understand what I’m looking for.
Thank you

Answer 1

to create a page template all you need is to add the name of the template as a comment in the top of the template file like so:

<?php 

/* Template Name: Contact us */

//code

It will then be recognized by your wordpress editor, and you’ll be able to choose it as a page template

You can load the page static content before you load the posts, that is before the loop, simply by calling the_post() and the_content() since the default post is the page that was loaded. (try var_dump($post) and see for yourself). In case you want to call it after the loop you can use wp_reset_query(); to return to the starting point