Altering page appearance in WordPress?

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Hi Warriors!

Well, not altering really. Just duplicating.

My sites are Wordpress sites and I use Woo themes. My sites are pretty customized.

When my designer created my sites, I asked her to make the home page a squeeze page. I told her that I wanted to be able to easily edit the home page so I could change out different offers for testing purposes.

To do that, she broke up the different elements of the home page into posts (where I can easily edit the content) and linked it all to a PHP template in the editor which controls how it all looks.

My home page has a video of me and then the opt-in form to the right of it.

I'd like to create a new, separate squeeze page for a campaign using this same template, but I'm not sure how to do it. Obviously, I can copy and paste the PHP file, and edit it slightly with the new AWeber form for the new squeeze page. I know how to upload files via FTP, so that's no problem, but how do I link it to a new series of posts for the new opt-in page and make sure it appears in the Appearance > Editor section of the backend of my WordPress theme? I've looked a the PHP file and I can't determine in the code WHERE it's linked to the correct series of posts.

Or maybe it's even more complicated than I imagine!

I'd appreciate any help!

Thanks!

Michelle
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  • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    Michelle:

    This is easier to do hands-on than to try and talk you through it. I could do it, or W.K. on my staff could do it, but we'd have to schedule something. Perhaps another Warrior can help, if not then PM me and we'll see if we can schedule something.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Was it created as a page template? does it show up when you select new page as a template for the new page in the drop down options?
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    • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
      Thanks for your response guys!

      My home/squeeze page is here:

      International Association of Health and Wellness Professionals

      I love the look/layout of it. Andy, yes, it WAS created as a page template. Well, actually, a post template. My designer broke up the different page elements into posts. I can go in and edit anything on that page in the POSTS section of my backend. (The headline is one post, the video is another post, the links below the video are another post.)

      However, the AWeber form is actually in the PHP template file.

      I don't want to mess with anything there or change anything. I just want to duplicate the look/layout of it for another page (since I don't want to change the current home page in any way).

      (If you're wondering, I'm basically wanting to create a separate squeeze page template, that's all.)

      Essentially, all I have to do is copy/paste home page PHP template and then just change whatever I need to change. In my case, the AWeber form is in the PHP template file, not in any of the posts sections themselves. And that's one of the things I want to change.

      No problem. My question is: how do I make sure it gets assigned to the right POSTS? The home page template is titled template-homepage.php. And the template name in the file:

      <?php
      /*
      Template Name: Home Page
      */
      ?>


      But none of the posts are labeled homepage, either in the title or in the slug.

      So where exactly is it linked?

      I can easily copy/paste the template-homepage.php file, change the name of the file and the "Template Name: ...." in the file itself. But if I do that, how do I make sure it's assigned to the correct posts?

      I've been doing some searching. This article was very helpful:

      Pages « WordPress Codex

      It just doesn't tell me how to assign it to posts instead of pages, that's all.

      I hope this is clear. That's my only question. Other than that, it actually looks pretty simple to do.

      Michelle
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      • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
        I just FINALLY figured it out!

        It was driving me NUTS that I couldn't figure it out. But I didn't even know what search terms to type into Google to find it. I've been looking for the answer for over two hours.

        The answer is a template for a page of posts into one page. But how do I know which posts???? Turns out it's the post ID. (I knew it was just some simple identifying information like that, but I didn't know WHAT identifying information to look for.)

        Now I can just copy and paste the template, rename it, change the AWeber form AND the post IDs and voila! I have a new squeeze page.



        Yay! I figured it out!

        Thanks for your help anyway.

        Michelle
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        • Profile picture of the author Susan Hope
          Glad you got it sorted, it's a nice feeling when you accomplish something yourself isn't it.

          Just wanted to point out a typo on the page you link to in your 2nd post above - on the right of the video there is a word "sent" which I think you might have meant "send" - eg:

          You have:

          Yes, please sent me my FREE Success Kit right away!


          and perhaps you meant:

          Yes, please send me my FREE Success Kit right away!

          Cheers
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