There used to be a topic for this in the forum, but I can't seem to find it, so it may have been lost when the forum was hacked.
It depends on what type of custom page you're wanting to make. For example, I created an help page for my members.
To create a
custom generic page like this, do the following:
1) In the templates directory, copy the content of the home.html template
2) Create a new template file and name it whatever you want the file to be named (example: help.html) and paste the content of the home.html file into the new template file.
3) Customize the body content of the new HTML file with your new content.
4) Then place a link in the appropriate base template where you want the link to that page to be found. Example: I wanted the link to appear in the user box once members have logged in. So, I added the URL to my new template into the user_logininfo.html template. Now, once they've logged in, they have an additional link under their Profile link to my new help page. You would use the following URL for the link:
http://www.yoursitename.com/your_gallery_dir/index.php?template=your_template_name
My URL looks like this:
http://www.mysite.com/gallery/index.php?template=helpIf you are wanting a
custom category page, it is a little more work. Try this:
1) Once you have created the category which you want to customize, go to Edit Categories in your ACP.
2) Place your cursor over the category title to be customized. Look in the status bar at the bottom of your screen. The URL for that category will appear. Take note of the cat_id=# 4images issued to that category.
3) Go to your templates directory and copy the category.html template.
4) Create a new file in the templates directory and name it category#.html, where the # is the number of the category to be customized. Example: I created a new category and 4images gave it cat_id=58, so I created a category58.html file to correspond to that category.
5) Paste the content of the category.html file into the new category file you've just created.
6) Customize the new category template to your specifications. Now, when someone clicks on that category in your gallery, they will get the new template.
You would also use this procedure to create custom member pages. You would create a category for the member and create a new category template for the member's category.
I hope I've helped. It's been a long time since I actually did this, so I hope I included all the steps. Let me know how it works and if this is what you were looking for.
