Title: page.php not working?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# page.php not working?

 *  [Khadesa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khadesa/)
 * (@khadesa)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagephp-not-working-2/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I thought i’d post this question here as it’s more to do with installation.
 * I have been following a friends guide on how to set up a new wordpress on your
   own server (crazydomains in my case), and am seeming to be missing a step…
 * So basically, the steps i followed are:
 * 1. Create new folder on server (www.alexmosesmultimedia.com/**wp2**/)
 * 2. Install wordpress using quicklink, checking approriate settings…
 * 3. Rename the theme folder (In my case, ‘Twenty Thirteen’ to ‘drythy’)
 * 4. Find the style.css and edit line 1, changing Theme Name to drythy
 * 5. Activate the theme ‘drythy’ in wordpress backend.
 * 6. Duplicate page.php to page-home.php
 * 7. open up page-home.php, can add ‘Template name: Home Page’ among the comments
   in the top
 * That’s meant to be it, i should now apparently be able to edit the page-home.
   php and it will affect my site directly, but nothing happens.
 * I can delete all the code in the page-home.php, hit refresh and the site is fine..
 * Any idea what i’ve missed?
 * Thanks for any advice/suggestions :]

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 * Last reply from: [Khadesa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khadesa/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagephp-not-working-2/)
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