Proper way to assign a custom template to a page in the CMS? about theme HOT 4 CLOSED

Although I just realized I can still assign ACF field groups to the "Front Page" page.

So you're right, there's no need to create a special template. Thanks!

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Would I do something like this:

<?php
/* Template Name: Homepage */

namespace App\Theme;

use function App\Theme\template;

template('homepage');

and then create a file templates/homepage.tpl.php and put all of my custom code in there?

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Would I do something like this:

<?php 
/* Template Name: Homepage */

namespace App\Theme;

use function App\Theme\template;

template('homepage');

and then create a file templates/homepage.tpl.php and put all of my custom code in there?

This is exactly what I would do.

I like to think about root files as some way of "controllers". They receive data and delegate to templates. In most simple websites they probably will only contain a call to the template() function, but it really helps with separation of DB logic from layout layer and make it easy to re-use templates.

PS. It's maybe only an example, but for a homepage, I would switch WordPress reading settings to "static" and go with front-page.php and index.php files instead of creating a special template file.

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Got it, makes sense!

Yeah, the only reason I like to create a special template file for the homepage is because I usually have a lot of ACF field groups that are specific to the homepage design. So I normally create a page in the admin called "Home" and assign it to the homepage template so I can manage all of the custom fields from that page and feed it through the template.

I suppose I could store the homepage settings in an ACF Options page and just use front-page.php but I like to keep it as a page to avoid any confusion.

Thanks for your help!

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