I've created a new doctype 'Small Slider', with a property 'smallSliderInput' rich text editor type. I have a template simmilarrly named 'Small Slider' and have inserted the Umbraco:Item 'field="smallSliderInput", to the template. When I create the new page under 'Content' and then choose my 'Small Slider' template under the 'Properties' tab, I can see the other umbraco items loaded from the template, but not my 'smallSliderInput'

Here is my template code:

<asp:content ContentPlaceHolderId="bodyContent" runat="server">
    <div class="mainContent">
    <umbraco:Item field="mainContent" runat="server"></umbraco:Item>
    </div>
    <div class="sliderBar">
        <p class="sliderHead">Just the facts</p>
    <umbraco:Item field="smallSliderInput" runat="server"></umbraco:Item>
    </div>

</asp:content>