Contact template doesnt appear in page template options

Question

I want to make a custom contact page with a custom template. But when I create the page i dont get the option to select my Contact-template. What did i do wrong that It wont appear?

Here is the basic structure of my contact-template.php:

<?php 
/*  
Template Name: Contact template 
*/
get_header();

?>

<p>Contact page</p>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I did it the same way for my custom home and blog page and those get listed in the options.

Answer 1

Page templates require only a few things to work:

1. To be in the theme's (or child theme's) directory. Either in the root directory or in a subfolder.
2. To have appropriate permissions (It will need to be read by WordPress, usually www user). Typically it should have the permission 644 or 640.
3. To have a Template name header

From the question and comments you have (1) and (3), so the file you have created presumably has the wrong file permissions.