Where are my .php files? (art.php etc.)

I did a search on all drives and I couldn't locate art.php. However, I do see Art listed in my sidebar.

Is there a step between what's shown in the video "Setting Up Custom Post Types and Fields" and the next video "Custom Post Type Templates"?

I think there must be...because he is showing files there that do not exist on my computer:

art.php content-art.php page.php single-art.php

How did he create those files? There are no instructions on how to do this in the videos.

Also, he says to copy "files from the project downloads into our child theme directory" and by that he means these files:

art.php content-art.php page.php single-art.php

What does he mean by "project downloads"? I can't copy files that don't exist.

Remember, I'm running WP locally.

I see now that these files: art.php, content-art.php, and single-art.php are in the download files for this lesson. (Except he has a page.php file and I don't have one. Where is it? Why don't I have one?)

I guess these are the pre-made .php files that will allow this to work and that HOW to create these files will be demonstrated in videos later on?

Hello there,

All of the files should be located in your theme folder. I can only assume you know how to access your theme files via FTP (or on your harddive if you're running WordPress locally).

So inside your theme folder is a collection of all the php files, includes and images that make up that particular theme in your installation. It'll be in the wp-content directory.

If you can't find the file, art.php, it is possible you need to create it. art.php is probably a different template but derived from standard page.php templates in the hierarchy so it's a custom template that should appear in your theme dropdown if you've enabled that functionality.

Hi!

I'm looking inside the wp-content folder...and inside there I found the theme folders and the child theme folder that I created. None of the files I created in the previous video were in there. I only have functions.php and style.css.

I can see that they should be in there from watching the video.

I DO see Art in the dashboard.

I did a search and a I couldn't find them. (However, I have my doubts about that particular search feature. It hasn't worked in the past.)

I have a clue now about where they're located....the C drive. I'm using Rollback and whenever I restart my computer it "rolls back" to the last "snapshot"...which affects only the C drive. I just looked ....and Art is no longer there in the dashboard.

Thank you for responding. I will perform those actions again today and search the C drive another way.

If I'm running WP locally where would these files be located?