I've installed a theme (that i bought) that's mainly made with Elementor. Since I've been running into some issues with customizing this theme, (and still refuse to also pay money for Elementor Pro) I decided it would be easier to create a custom template myself. I have done this before when I used a custom theme I made myself from scratch (I thought I was saving myself some time this time around...).
So my problem: I saved this template called page-home.php to my Child theme (that I made of the purchased Theme) in a folder called page templates. It is not showing in the drop down menu when creating a new page. I then just copied it to the main theme, activated that...and still not showing.
Is this because the Theme is using a page builder like Elementor? Or do you think the creator of the theme somehow disabled this option?
Thanks in advance for any help.
As far as I know Elementor ignores the most of the standard theme file. It does so i.e. with the header.php for sure. The question is what do you want to put in a theme file what you couldn't do with Elementor. Have a look at the "Hello Theme" https://github.com/elementor/elementor/issues/14283 - it's a plain theme.
If you don't want to pay for Pro, I recommand the plugin "Elementor – Header, Footer & Blocks Template" (and for better editor handling: "Flexible Elementor Panel")