Editing HTML in Wordpress.. what file from my FTP do i edit?

[MrBukowski]

Hey,
Trying to edit some html in a wordpress theme. I am hosting it, but I don't know which file to edit and can't seem to find a index.html file or anything about it on google. Thanks brahs

 

[Jake1125]

You'll need to post some boobs.

What exactly do you want to edit? Try logging into the admin desktop, look for the "Editor", in the "Appearance" section, much of what needs editing can be done there. But be careful, you can break the website...

 

[MrBukowski]

Thanks. I initially did that... I tried deleting the text so it disappeared etc, just looked stupid. And it looks dumb to have "About me" on my future company site lol. Is there no html file that I can edit on my desktop then reupload into the ftp?

 

[Philip P]

Sounds like you just need to get used to using the Wordpress admin functions: is the "About me" a page title? If so, you can easily change it from the pages section of the menu on the left of the admin section.

 

[MrBukowski]

no it's not a customizable option in the theme. i tried reinstalling all the addons etc. it's the scarlett them if that helps. here's a pic. i cant change any of the text or images here.

i went in with firebug and found the elements. changed the html on my desktop and did the changes i needed but then i have no idea what file it is suppossed to replace. there is no index.html file that i can find, so i have no idea what to upload it as / what to actually edit.

 

[seohug]

There is no such a thing as index.html in Wordpress. There is index.php, but it only got lines to pull a couple of files, render date..etc. These files pulls the theme, other files, DB content and whole of other stuff.

You can do all the editing online at /wp-admin, no need to FTP files back and forth. BTW, start by removing footer links in footer.php. The about me is probably in that part of the theme too.

 

[Philip P]

Yeah, it looks like you will need to edit the footer.php: in the admin dashboard go to Appearance>Editor in the left menu, then select Footer in the right menu. However, I don't know this theme, it might possibly be a widget in the footer section in which case you will find it in Appearence>Widgets.

Like Seohug said, you can do all your editing in the WP admin section, it will get easier once you get used to it. Also, make sure you have a copy of your theme handy in case you break it when you edit the code and have to re-install it.

 

[nickCR]

You can edit files directly with ftp but that is not advisable.

Most of the content in WordPress is saved in the database so page content, parts of the header, footer, etc, are not editible directly on the server.

The only html that is editible is the actual layout of the page so editing those files really wont do you much good. The only reason i ever edit those files is when im making a custom theme or need to see how content on the page is being generated.

View/edit at your own risk. /wp-content/themes/yourthemename/

 

[alice14]

hi

It's not just about the design it's also about the funtionality. If your running on a popular platform like WordPress then you can get a decent pre-made theme for a couple hundred, a custom theme for a thousand and up depending on how many revisions you need to get the finished product. Where it gets really expensive is the script programming which is how you add actual functionalities, but it is not cheap. Unless you can find plugins to do what you want.