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    By Danno

    So today I’m chippin’ away at a redesign for my rusted art website.  Like most sites I develop, I rolled it out on Wordpress. I seemed to have run a into a bug though, and I’m not sure if this a localized me thing, or a legit gremlin.

    The problem

    I uploaded a custom page template to my FTP and and wasn’t not showing up in the Wordpress admin.  So I double and triple checked to make sure my Template tags were all cool, and they were. Normally, a drop down that lets me choose which page template I want to use will show up, but for some reason: no dice.

    The fix

    What seemed to fix the problem was the following:

    • Activate a different theme (I just activated the default)
    • Reactivate your desired theme
    • Go to Manage > Pages
    • And you should now see the Page Template
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    About the author

    Danno started remote freelancing in 1996 and worked as little as possible in order to snowboard as much as possible. He is the co-founder and (ex) President of Graphics.net, owner of FeedIcons.com, EliteFreelancing.com, FastCharacters.com and SteelAndSnow.com. His favorite shape is a circle.