[wp-testers] page template

[Kirk M]

Kristin Andrus Pishdadi wrote:
> Strange,
>
> I downloaded the theme you mentioned to test because it was not showing up.
>
> It worked,
>
> then i switched back to my theme and the page templates showed up.
>
> It seems like it's not looking for them on the fly, but only when you
> activate the theme, so if you make a page template you have to re-activate
> your theme to get it to work ?
>
>
>   
I hate to say this but that's a very interesting question. Up to now 
I've never needed to come up with my own page template so I really 
couldn't say. Perhaps someone else here might be better able to answer 
if WP actually looks for new page templates on the fly. I don't think it 
would since that would mean having some sort constant check going on to 
check of the status of your theme for any changed files. Something akin 
to a built-in cron job for checking theme templates. Re-activating your 
theme for any new page templates to be picked up is probably the best 
bet for now.