daw/_claude/notes/page-templates.md

page-*.php inventory & Phase-3 conversion map

Classification of the legacy page templates (2026-06-16) for the FSE flip (Phase 3). Companion: [[upgrade-plan]]. Diff metric = changed lines vs plain page.php.

Title-droppers (collapsible now) — DONE

• page-cv.php, page-shop.php — were byte-identical to page.php minus the title. Collapsed into the selectable page-no-title.php ("No Title"); CV+shop reassigned via _wp_page_template; both files deleted. No other pure title-droppers exist.

Custom — all Phase-3 (pattern / block template / keep-dynamic)

File	Lines	What makes it custom	FSE target
page-bio.php	21	date stamp, hardcoded italic "Bio" title, #about, row/col, home footer	pattern
page-analytics.php	31	Matomo iframe + dw_wik_places()/dw_wik_url()	keep-dynamic / custom block
page-archive.php	44	"Posts" tmpl; get_posts() + pull_til_all() (posts/TIL/bookmarks)	Query Loop + TIL block
page-contact.php	57	Gravity Forms + Stripe enqueue	pattern + GF block
page-art.php	76	art gallery markup + JS	pattern
page-desk.php	115	backbone loop.js infinite scroll	Query Loop block
page-now.php	129	"Now" page custom sections	pattern
page-chat.php	135	self-contained (no get_header/footer), Twilio chat	special — like front-page (keep bespoke / audit)
page-sitemap.php	163	generated sitemap lists	custom block / Query
page-about.php	174	FullCalendar, carousel, home header+footer	pattern + calendar block
page-music.php	246	last.fm integration	pattern/block
page-studio.php	284	carousel + tabs + DrawFillSVG + backstretch, studio header	pattern (the big one)

Cross-cutting Phase-3 notes

• Footer split: get_footer('home') → about, archive, bio, contact, desk, sitemap, studio. Default get_footer() → analytics, art, music, now. (chat uses neither.) In FSE this becomes a template-part choice, not per-file.
• Header variants: default (most), 'home' (about), 'studio' (studio), none (chat is self-contained like front-page.php).
• Already selectable (have Template Name): about→Home, archive→Posts, desk→Desk, music→Music, now→Now, sitemap→Sitemap, + our no-title→No Title. The rest (analytics, art, bio, chat, contact, studio) are slug-based (page-{slug}.php auto-applies).
• Bespoke/self-contained: front-page.php (homepage) and page-chat.php both bypass the header/footer system — decide in Phase 3 whether they stay bespoke PHP or become block templates.