title: Creating a custom page template in WordPress
body: <p>I'm using the twentyfourteen theme and have created a child theme with its own style.css.  Now I'd like to create a custom page template.  From all I've read the process seems to be:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Make a copy of the existing page template, e.g., page.php,  and place it still in the parent theme directory but give it a new name.</li>
  <li>Make the changes you want to this new template.</li>
  <li>Any elements you create can be given unique classes and then styled by the style.css in the child theme.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Does that sound right?</p>
  
  <p>One question is, How is the new template assigned to the page?  Do I have to manually go into the Page Attributes and select the new template, or will it get pulled automatically from the template hierarchy? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help.</p>