[Support request] Page template for hotsites/landing pages

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  • #1221431
    Hilton

    Hello,

    We intend to offer to create hotsites to our advertisers. There are some themes that are specific to this, like optimizepress.com and others. Usually they provide elements so that we can make a landing page with certain elements of greater visual impact like these here https://bit.ly/2UvdgQO and https://bit.ly/3aBEVoS.

    How can we achieve a similar effect without having to install any new plugins or create a subdomain or folder with a new theme installed. Is it possible to create a page template for this purpose? What is the best way to do that? Do you already have a custom page template created for this purpose?

    Thanks

    #1222086
    David
    Staff
    Customer Support

    Hi there,

    to do it without adding any plugins then creating a Template for them would probably be the way to go. This is a good article on how to get started with that:

    https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-a-custom-page-in-wordpress/

    #1224101
    Hilton

    Hi David,

    Is there a way to generate a template based on these ones?
    https://generatepress.com/site-library/

    #1224787
    David
    Staff
    Customer Support

    Sites are not templates – they’re the equivalent of you creating a site, then using a Duplicate or Export plugin to transfer that site to a new domain.

    A real simple method would be to build out a page, whether in Gutenberg or a Page builder and then use a Duplicate Post plugin to make new copies each time you need a new landing page.

    #1225190
    Hilton

    Hi David, I don’t think I expressed myself well. My question is whether by chance it would be possible to take the page.php from any of these website templates and generate a page template for my website.

    #1225693
    Tom
    Lead Developer
    Lead Developer

    The sites in the library don’t actually use template files at all (except for the core ones). They’re a combination of Customizer options and content.

    Are you wanting to create child themes that you can activate to change the design of your site?

    #1226375
    Hilton

    Hi Tom,

    I actually want to be able to offer our advertisers customized hotsites. It would be a page with certain elements of greater visual impact like these here https://bit.ly/2UvdgQO and https://bit.ly/3aBEVoS.

    We have already achieved this by creating a subdomain and using the Levelup theme https://bit.ly/2JJM9el but we would like to do something similar using a page template that works within our own domain without having to use a new theme in a subdomain.

    Thanks

    #1226814
    Tom
    Lead Developer
    Lead Developer

    So you would have a bunch of different designs/pages all within the same WP site?

    #1226865
    Hilton

    Hi Tom,

    I don’t really need a bunch of different designs. I just need one template to be used in all created hotsites.

    #1227260
    David
    Staff
    Customer Support

    You’re going to need some plugins for making the content creation part easier.
    For sliders and content of that kind you’ll need a dedicated plugin like SmartSlider.

    For the layout you can use the Gutenberg Block editor. We have just developed GenerateBlocks – its currently in beta – but should be live soon – you can download for play here:

    https://generateblocks.com/install/

    Then its simply a case of building out a Page, save that and then use a Duplicate Post plugin to create copies for each new landing page.

    #1227747
    Hilton

    Hi David,

    Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

    #1227846
    David
    Staff
    Customer Support

    Glad to be of help.

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