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Need to add a page that doesn't use the site's theme

I need to add a page to a site and the page design, no matter how creative or out of my box I try to get, can not work using my template.  Weebly support says that you can not ever have a page to which the template does not apply. 

Is that true? (Seems brain dead product design to me, but that's another story.) Anyone have a workaround?

thanks!

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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for here but it sounds like you'd like to add a page to your site that uses a different layout than the theme's available header type layouts (e.g., header, no header, splash, landing). If that's the case, you can create your own custom header type layout presuming you know how to code html. You can start with a copy of an existing header layout (copy the entire html code for that header) and then modify it the layout as needed.

To access the html code for the theme's available header types, in the Site Editor, click "Theme" in the top menu navigation, click the "Edit HTML/CSS" button in the left-hand sidebar, and then click on any of the "Header Type" layouts to see the code. You can modify an existing header type or create a new header type layout by clicking the "+" sign to the right of the "Header Type" label. You can populate the custom header type code window with the html that will give your custom header type the page layout you desire. Again, it's easiest to start with a copy of an existing header type layout html so just choose an existing header type (e.g., header.html), copy all the html, paste it into your custom header type and then modify the html as desired.

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@DaveMarcus 

If you choose a no-header or splash page and delete all the default elements that are present, then add a few lines of code to the Header Code section of that page to not display the logo and navigation, you'll basically have a blank webpage to work with. You can tweak other default parameters such as page width and background colour easily enough, either via theme options or via code changes (depending on theme). The template will still be the basis for your webpage, but it wouldn't be at all obvious. For example, I built a blank, completely white page with a single image in the centre and some text underneath which acts as a link to other pages. 

Gary

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Many thanks - that is more help than I got from Weebly support, and I appreciate it.

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