How do I edit the code of a WordPress site?
Question
I am helping out a family member with their WordPress blog and he/she wanted to have the comments show on the main front page. This way, users don't have to click through the title to add a comment. If that is impossible, he/she wanted to have instructions like "click here to add a comment" near the title.
I know how to write html/css etc., so I would just go in and type in some code but I don't have an FTP account. Is there a way to edit the html of a WordPress site through the WordPress Dashboard menu thing? I would ask for a FTP account, but I doubt he/she knows how to create one. Also, would doing this really screw things up for WordPress? Any and all help is appreciated. If needed I can give the URL, but I would rather not have people trying to post comments and mess around with the site. Thanks!
3 answers
solution1
8 ACCPTED 2011-08-06 15:27:16
The easiest way is indeed to have an FTP access and edit the blog's theme directly (in /wp-content/themes/nameofyourtheme . Otherwise, you can also do it from the Admin panel. Go to Appearance, then click on "Editor". You'll then be able to edit all the theme's files.
Edit:
If you want to change the layout of the posts, the file you'll want to edit is single.php .
solution2
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You can edit the site through the dashboard. When you are making a post you can change it to html and create your own things.
solution3
1 2011-08-06 15:45:34
Unless there is a plugin for this. Which there might even be. But, since i have no idea and fast googling said nothing.
You will have to edit the theme files /wp-content/themes/Your-Theme/
You will have to take something like <?php comments_template(); ?> <?php comments_template(); ?> from single.php file and move it to index.php file somewhere after where you should find something like this <?php the_content(''); ?> <?php the_content(''); ?>
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single.phpHolds the article page. -
index.phpHolds the "home" page.
Is this hosted in wordpress.com?
In the control panel you can find Appearance > editor in there you can edit the files. Thought i think that it is very likely that you wont be able to save your edits due to file permissions.
Also if its a paid hosting they quite often send you these details on email.. I mean Ftp acc and pass.
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