Special design for special content type node

Hi,

I want to know which file to create to display special design for the special content type nodes for D7. For example I created a content type "General Content" and machine name is "general_content" and I want to change the design of the nodes pages which content type is "General Content". I tried to create page--general_content.tmp.php and node--general_content.tmp.php, I cleared all caches from admin/config/development/performance but the special page doesn't display. Please help.

Thank you.

 

If you're using two hyphens in the template title "page--" or "node--" that's your problem. there should only be one.

 

Thank you for your reply. I changed 2 hyphens to 1, clear all caches and then go to the page of node (like http://mydomain.com/emergency) which content type is "general_content" and it shows empty page as there are only php comments in the page.tpl.php file. I am creating a theme which is subtheme of zen. Maybe I have to do something else.

 

Sorry. I should know better than to answer questions late at night when I'm not fully awake. The single hyphen is the D6 format. Double hyphen is the D7 format. I've done a few sub-themes and here is all I needed to do:
1. Copy the target template from the main theme folder to my sub-theme folder.
2. Rename it to page--special_page.tpl.php in my sub-theme folder.
3. Make the changes I want to make to it.
4. Save it.
5. Make sure permissions are set correctly on the server.

For me 3/4 of the empty page problems I've ever had working with Drupal themes have been due to incorrectly set permissions. The rest have been due to typos or omitted semi-colons in my PHP.

 

cjscully,

Thank you again, but here is what I want: I have different content types and I want to display different styled pages for different nodes depends on the content type of the node. I mean if I go to a node page which content type is "General Content" I see a page styled just for the content type "General Content".

Thank you.

 

I just add this into template.php

<?php
function siteTheme_preprocess_page(&$vars, $hook) {
	global $CCK;

	$frontPage = drupal_is_front_page();
	if (isset($vars['node']) && $frontPage != 1) {
		$vars['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = 'page__'. str_replace('_', '--', $vars['node']->type);
	}

	// Define CCK Field variables and unset the existing ones
	// All page--contentType templates that use these variables must
	// first declare global $CCK;
	if (isset($vars['node']))
	{
		foreach($vars['node'] as $key => $value)
		{
			if (strpos($key, "field_") === 0)
			{
				// If there the value is an array
				if (sizeof($value['und']) > 1)
				{
					foreach ($value['und'] as $innerKey => $value)
					{
						// Store either the value or the tid
						if ($value['value']) { $CCK[$key][] = $value['value']; } else
						if ($value['tid']) { $CCK[$key][] = $value['tid']; }
					}
				// Else if 1 item
				} else { $CCK[$key] = $value['und'][0]['value']; }
			}
		}
		// Unset the $vars['node'] entry to free up memory
		unset($vars['node']);
	}
}
?>

PHP:

and created page--contenttype.tpl.php file in which I added my code for the node by content type "contenttype". I only didn't understand why it didn't work with content type which machine names has a underline in it.

Anyway, thank you all who wanted to solve my problem.