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• Using a file manager or FTP locate your theme's directory on the server.
• Drill down to the theme folder to see your existing page templates.
• Locate page.php.
• Open it with a script editor.

Paste or type this code right before get_header(); ?>

/*
 Template Name: My-New-Page-Template
 */

Replace My-Page-Template with your own template name. You don't need the dashes you an use spaces.

This code is what tells WordPress that this is a template file. We've used an existing page as a starter so we wouldn't need to write all the code from scratch. You can do that if you are creating a very custom page. Without this code, WordPress will treat this php file like a default template if it's in the template's directory. This will cause you lots of problems. Be sure to have this code at the top of any page template

• Save the file with a new name and a .php extension. For example - NewPageTemplate.php.
• Put the file on the server at /wp-content/themes/yourtheme/NewPageTemplate.php (it's better not to have spaces in a file name.)

You can name this new file almost anything you want, but there are some names that are reserved by WordPress for special purposes. I've included a list of those files in the notes at the end of the tutorial.

• Open the file.
• Paste the image code and styling right before the content.
• Just add this code to the page.

<div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px;">
<img src="/http://yourdomain.com/yourpix.jpg:>
</div>

• Go to Pages > Add new.
• Choose My-New-Page-Template from the Page attributes.

Now every page that has this template will have the PHP logo.

• style.css -The main stylesheet. This must be included with your Theme, and it must contain the information header for your Theme.
• rtl.css - The rtl stylesheet. This will be included automatically if the website's text direction is right-to-left. This can be generated using the the RTLer plugin.
• index.php - The main template. If your Theme provides its own templates, index.php must be present.
• comments.php - The comments template.
• front-page.php - The front page template, it is only used if you use a static front page.
• home.php - The home page template, which is the front page by default. If you use a static front page this is the template for the page with the latest posts.
• single.php - The single post template. Used when a single post is queried. For this and all other query templates, index.php is used if the query template is not present.
• single-.php - The single post template used when a single post from a custom post type is queried. For example, single-books.php would be used for displaying single posts from the custom post type books. index.php is used if the query template for the custom post type is not present.
• page.php - The page template. Used when an individual Page is queried.
• category.php - The category template. Used when a category is queried.
• tag.php - The tag template. Used when a tag is queried.
• taxonomy.php - The term template. Used when a term in a custom taxonomy is queried.
• author.php - The author template. Used when an author is queried.
• date.php - The date/time template. Used when a date or time is queried. Year, month, day, hour, minute, second.
• archive.php - The archive template. Used when a category, author, or date is queried. Note that this template will be overridden by category.php, author.php, and date.php for their respective query types.
• search.php - The search results template. Used when a search is performed.
• attachment.php - Attachment template. Used when viewing a single attachment.
• image.php - Image attachment template. Used when viewing a single image attachment. If not present, attachment.php will be used.
• 404.php - The 404 Not Found template. Used when WordPress cannot find a post or page that matches the query.