[Steven Zahm]

@ drewwestcott

No this has actually been the behavior now for many years. The template will not has a single view unless one has been created and registered to use it.

Yes, using the shortcode will always override any settings set in the admin, including the activate template. This is to allow per instance overrides of the settings.

It sounds of you need to add a single view to your custom template. To see how, I recommend referring to the code of one of the premium templates such as cMap or Market.

I hope that helps.