[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7715: With Static home page enabled, Posts page won't use a custom page template.

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#7715: With Static home page enabled, Posts page won't use a custom page template.
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 Reporter:  miloandrew  |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  Template    |     Version:  2.6.1    
 Severity:  normal      |    Keywords:           
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 I seem to have stumbled on a bug in WP 2.6.1.

 When making a Page in WP, you can specify a page template to base it off
 of, as outlined http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates.

 If I make a page (lets call it Blog) and then specify a custom template
 for it say My_Blog_Template then browse to the page slug for the Blog, the
 custom template is viewed just fine.

 BUT, if I go to the wp-admin/options-reading.php page and

    1. select that I would like a to use a static home page and then
 specify one (NOT Blog)
    2. and then specify the Blog page with the My_Blog_Template for the
 Posts page

 The Blog page no loner picks up My_Blog_Template, but rather defaults to
 the normal template hierarchy.

 What I'm trying to figure out is:

     * Was index.php designed to be used as the "latest posts" template?
 (therefore removing the need for my "blog" custom template?  I don't think
 this is the case, as it is the fallback for ALL template hierarchy.

       OR

     * Is there a bug where the Post page won't read a custom template as
 specified in the Manage Page admin screen?  This is what I believe the
 situation is...

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