Override home page with CIVICRM_UF_WP_BASEPAGE in wordpress is not working

[lee]

I am trying to change the default civi page from home page to a new template that I have set up. The civicrm.settings.php has been updated with:

define( 'CIVICRM_UF_WP_BASEPAGE', 'mytemplate');

mytemplate being the name of my template. I have tried to do this with the filename also as it seems unclear in the docs which to use. Doesn't work either.

It is still defaulting to index.php (home page).

Any idea how I can get this override to take place.

Thanks.