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I'm building a template for twentyten child theme. I need to add a class in in the template page, but not in other pages.My template inherits the header and footer, so, I can't change any markup there. How can I add a class in there without adding that class to other pages? Thanks a lot for the help.

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twenty ten uses body_class - so each page has already a unique css class. what are you trying to achieve that would require a specific css class? – Michael May 28 '11 at 20:13
I'm actually trying to add top margin. and my template isn't echoing any class, just <div id="main">. It inherits everything from it's parent theme except the sidebar, which is different. – Samia Ruponti May 28 '11 at 20:22
the page specific class is added to the body tag; for special styling, use something like this in style.css .page-template-yourtemplatename-php #main { ... } – Michael May 28 '11 at 21:09
thanks Michael!!that worked perfectly!!! – Samia Ruponti May 29 '11 at 5:31
sorry, I wanted to mark your comment as great, but I can't find the arrow on the side as stackoverflow has! – Samia Ruponti May 29 '11 at 5:43

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You're probably looking for something like this:

<?php

    function add_classes_to_body_class($classes) {

            // make sure 'page-template.php' matches your template name
            if ( is_page_template('page-template.php') ) {
                $classes[] = 'main';
            }
        return $classes;
    }
    add_filter( 'body_class', 'add_classes_to_body_class' );

?>

make sure you add body_class() into your markup. Traditionally it would be in your body tag like so. <body id="foobar" <?php body_class(); ?>>

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thank you for the code. I'll have to give it a try!!! – Samia Ruponti May 29 '11 at 5:33
@Snowbell92 no problem, glad to help out. – VicePrez May 29 '11 at 5:56

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