Create a new template for twentytwelve

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Twenty Twelve comes with some page templates: Front Page & Full Width. These are in the folder /page-templates.

I’ve created my own template and saved it into this folder, but it is not present to be selected when editing a page.

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There is no mention of the two page templates in functions.php

What do I need to do to include my new page template?

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  1. Put the template file in your theme and add the following comment to the top of your file after the 

    /**
 * Template Name: This is the name of your template
 */

    WordPress will pick this up and in the page templates dropdown you will see “This is the name of your template” listed as an option

  2. According to http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates

    what you need to place at the top of the template file is

    <?php
/*
Template Name: My Template File
*/
?>

    and then the template will show up in the Template drop down in Page Attributes meta box and you’ll be able to select it.

    And, you should be working with a child theme, too, in order to not lose your changes and templates when twentyeleven is updated. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes