Woocommerce's Cart page is being overwritten by my Page.php page in Wordpress - wordpress

Question

I'm having a little bit of a problem. My page.php seems to be overriding WooCommerce's cart page. The page is already created (generated by WooCommerce with the shortcode intact) named Cart.
I know that my page.php is overriding it, but I don't know how to stop that. Here is the code for my page.php page:
<?php
get_header();
if ( have_posts() ) {
//Work with us page
$workwithuspage = "work with us";
$pitch = "pitch an idea";
$cart = "cart";
if($workwithuspage == strtolower(get_the_title()))
{
//Page stuff here!
$image = wpse_get_images();
?>
</div>
<div class="hero">
<div class="container heroImage" style="background-image:url('<?php echo $image->guid;?>');">
<div class="col-md-7"></div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<div class="pageText">
Work with Us
</div>
<div class="subText">
<?php echo $image->post_content; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="bodyBg">
<div class="container">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="box-style">
<div class="box-header">
Got a comic idea and want it published?
</div>
<div class="box-text">
Tell us your desires, so we can slap it on a comic book and sell it for millions. Ya dig?
</div>
<div class="box-button-container">
<?php
$pitch = get_page_by_title('pitch an idea');
?>
<div class="button large">Pitch an Idea</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="box-style">
<div class="box-header">
Want to work on one of our great titles?
</div>
<div class="box-text">
Tell us your desires, so we can slap it on a comic book and sell it for millions. Ya dig?
</div>
<div class="box-button-container">
<div class="button large">Find Jobs</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="ourstandards">
<div class="coloroverlay">
<div class="container">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="pageHeaderText">
Our Standards
</div>
<div class="bodyTxt">
<p>
At On Target Network, we strive to promote consistency,
communication and passion in all areas of work and we expect the same of our artists.
</p>
<p>
We understand the nature of creators and seek to raise ourselves to higher and higher standards. To do that, we vet and
review series pitches with a carefully selected panel of writers and artists.
</p>
<br /><br />
<p>
Got questions? We'll be happy to help.
</p>
<div id="sendUsQ" class="secondaryBtn">
Send us your questions
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<?php
}
else if($pitch == strtolower(get_the_title()))
{
?>
</div>
<div id="pitchImg" class="hero">
<div class="container">
<div class="col-md-7"></div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<div class="pageText">
Pitch an Idea
</div>
<div class="subText">
<?php echo $image->post_content; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="bodyBg">
<div class="container">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="pageHeaderText dark">
Start your pitch here
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-9">
<?php
if ( isset($si_contact_form) ) {
echo $si_contact_form->si_contact_form_short_code( array( 'form' => '1' ) );
}
?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
}
get_footer();
?>
I have conditional ifs for pages I wanted to customize, but I fear in doing that, it has overridden (somehow) the cart page.

Answer 1

WooCommerce adds the cart using shortcodes; shortcodes get displayed as part of the page content. WP uses the the_content() function to display the content for a particular page or post. You've removed the_content() from your page template, therefore the cart doesn't display.
Looking at your page template, you've removed the_content() and inlined all your content directly into the template rather than fetching it from the database. This is atypical of a WP site in general, but I understand that sometimes a site starts off static and you just want to get it 'into' WP.
You're also using a bunch conditionals to display different chunks of content, which runs against the idea of using templates. My suggestion would be to create separate page templates for your 'pitch' and 'work with us' pages, and make page.php just a default page template that has the_content(). This way you have a generic template you can use for any page, including the cart page.
Check the codex for more info on creating custom page templates, but in a nutshell, you add a comment to the top of the file:
<?php
/*
Template Name: My Custom Page
*/
Then save your file in your theme folder. Common practice is to name it along the line of page-pitch.php so you can easily identify it. Then in the admin area you can assign the template to any page you want simply by selecting it from the drop down menu.
Splitting your different content into separate templates has a couple of benefits; namely you no longer have to use conditionals for checking the page titles (which can vary from install to install) and makes it much easier for you to debug things.