Homepage to interior template conversion

[sarahann]

Is there an easy way to convert a homepage template into an interior template? I'm using Altitude Pro.

Thanks,
Sarah

[Brad Dalton]

1. Copy the file and rename it to something like page_custom.php
2. Add the following after the opening PHP tag at the start of the file

/*
Template Name: Custom Template
 */

3. Rename all the widgets so they have unique function names and widget I.D's

Example:

Change this:

is_active_sidebar( 'front-page-1' ) 

To this

is_active_sidebar( 'custom-page-1' )

and change this

genesis_widget_area( 'front-page-1', array( 

To this:

genesis_widget_area( 'custom-page-1', array(

4. Duplicate all the code to register the widgets from the functions file and change the widget I.D's to match what you have in the new template.

Example

Change this:

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'front-page-1',
	'name'        => __( 'Front Page 1', 'altitude' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the front page 1 section.', 'altitude' ),
) );

To this

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'custom-page-1',
	'name'        => __( 'Custom Page 1', 'altitude' ),
	'description' => __( 'This is the custom page 1 section.', 'altitude' ),
) );

5. All function names need to be unique.

Example.

Change this

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'altitude_enqueue_altitude_script' );
		function altitude_enqueue_altitude_script() {

To this:

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_enqueue_altitude_script' );
function custom_enqueue_altitude_script() {

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[sarahann]

Awesome, thanks very much!

[MikeFromTracer]

Hi Brad

Thanks for this, really helped me too.

Just wondering if there is a way to use the WordPress Customizer to upload background images to this new Custom page like the original front page for Altitude Pro does.

Thanks in advance

[Brad Dalton]

Yes, you can use this tutorial

Or

You may find the complete solution in 1 of these tutorials

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