Place to create new template files

[Hendrik]

Hi,

I'm following this tutorial on Windows using XAMPP 1.8.3 and ProcessWire 2.3. Well, "following" means that I am stuck in step 2. There are two folders in the root directory of the website (htdocs), "site-default" and "wire". I created "planet.php" in "site-default/templates" and "site/templates". But when I click "Add New Template" in the admin interface, it says "No new template files were found in: /site/templates/*.php". I'm sure this is a typical newbie thing and I'm really sorry for asking but: what am I missing? Where do I create new templates?

Thanks in advance!

Hendrik

[Martijn Geerts]

Welcome Hendrik,

remove -default from that folder name. The folder name should be site.

Have a good time here on the forums & enjoy ProcessWire.

[kongondo]

Hi Hendrik,

Welcome to PW and the forums! Normally, if it has the right setup, PW will rename site-default to site after install. Do you mean to say you have both "site-default" and "site"? Rename "site-default" to "site" and get rid of the other "site" folder. Create your templates files inside "site". Note, you can also create templates without template files but that's a bit advanced for you right now

Edit: 

Martijn was faster

[Hendrik]

Renaming "site-default" to "site" did the trick. The "site" folder I mentioned earlier was created by me because PW stated it was looking there for template files. Anyway, it works now. Thank you both!