{"id":48252,"date":"2013-05-10T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T00:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tri.be\/support\/forums\/topic\/what-page-template-do-i-use\/"},"modified":"2013-05-10T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T00:51:03","slug":"what-page-template-do-i-use","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/what-page-template-do-i-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What page template do I use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question pertains to the new beta. I sent an email a few days ago and never got an answer, so posting here in the hopes that someone sees the question and has an answer:<\/p>\n<p>Normally when I am working with custom templates for custom post-types, I simply have to create a couple of templates and they override the entire system, that is how WordPress was built. 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