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1. Keltic Kat
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   If there is no footer.php, header.php, comments.php or sidebar.php file in your theme, but your index.php requests them WP pulls in a default from somewhere.

   Where does it get that? Is possible to see that code?

2. W.P. Ginfo
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   why not make a footer.php yourself and do as you please?

3. Keltic Kat
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I'm just trying to figure out how everything works. I don't get the php very well. I've been trying to dissect various themes, but some of them are pretty complicated. I was hoping find the bare minimum code and work from there.

   Actually the footer seems pretty simple. The header I tried to make was less than ideal.

   I know there is a nifty explanation for every tag, but I'm having trouble seeing how various elements work together.

   Just as an example all of the footers I looked at have this tag
   '<?php wp_footer(); ?>'
   but the footer file I tried first worked just fine without it, the reference calls it "...it is one of the most essential theme hooks...." but I didn't see any difference with it or with out it. Much like the knob on the toaster I'm willing to except that it does something even if I can't immediately see what.

4. netxm
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Please read this http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy first. There is the chart that shows all the template files hierarchy. wp_footer is a hook http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_footer

5. Keltic Kat
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Thanks, I had not stumbled on the hierarchy list yet. So what is a "hook" it most pull something? But what? Since the footer file, seems to work just fine with out it. I did find a very long explanation one day but I didn't quite get it.

   Maybe I should explain, I am a Graphic Artist, not a programmer. A programmer friend assures me that this not above my head.

   Right now I'm trying to get a sense of minimum requirements.

   Back to my original question, what is the default code? I searched the codex, but didn't find it. Maybe I need better search terms.

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