Editing a php file

Anita · 06-18-2006, 11:44 AM

I have a Word Press blog hosted on one of my websites. Out of curiosity, I looked at the source code of my index page, and noticed that there are a couple of things that I should change. However, I cannot find the files to do so. The index.php file just has php code on it. How do I edit a php file so that when I go to it on the Internet, it looks the way I want?

I have gone to WP's site to ask for help, but I never get an answer, so if those of you here who know a lot about WP can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

If you want, I can provide you the source code for the page that I am talking about, if it will make it easier.

Thanks in advance!

Anita · 06-18-2006, 12:31 PM

I'll go ahead and provide some of the source code to make things easier.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.blogion.com" title="Blog Directory">Blogion</a></li>BR<li><a href="A href='http://www.technorati.com]Technorati/a/li'http://www.technorati.com]>Technorati</a></li>

That first one is a blank link that I want to delete so that it doesn't show up on the page.
Anyway, thanks again for any help that you can give.BR

andrew247 · 06-19-2006, 02:03 PM

The HTML output will probably have been generated by a PHP file.

To change things like links, they'll probably be in a template file somewhere.
If it is in the index.php file, look for echo() or print() in the PHP files - they are used to output information.

I don't use WordPress, and have never looked at the code.

Anita · 06-20-2006, 03:53 PM

I did some combing through the dashbord of Word Press, and was able to solve one problem. Now on to the next! Thanks.

06-18-2006, 11:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anita Senior Googler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Editing a php file I have a Word Press blog hosted on one of my websites. Out of curiosity, I looked at the source code of my index page, and noticed that there are a couple of things that I should change. However, I cannot find the files to do so. The index.php file just has php code on it. How do I edit a php file so that when I go to it on the Internet, it looks the way I want? I have gone to WP's site to ask for help, but I never get an answer, so if those of you here who know a lot about WP can help me, I'd really appreciate it. If you want, I can provide you the source code for the page that I am talking about, if it will make it easier. Thanks in advance!

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06-18-2006, 12:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anita Senior Googler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'll go ahead and provide some of the source code to make things easier. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.blogion.com" title="Blog Directory">Blogion</a></li>BR<li><a href="A href='http://www.technorati.com]Technorati/a/li'http://www.technorati.com]>Technorati</a></li> That first one is a blank link that I want to delete so that it doesn't show up on the page. Anyway, thanks again for any help that you can give.BR

06-19-2006, 02:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,386 Thanks: 3 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	The HTML output will probably have been generated by a PHP file. To change things like links, they'll probably be in a template file somewhere. If it is in the index.php file, look for echo() or print() in the PHP files - they are used to output information. I don't use WordPress, and have never looked at the code.

06-20-2006, 03:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Anita Senior Googler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I did some combing through the dashbord of Word Press, and was able to solve one problem. Now on to the next! Thanks.

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