Change “about” text in recently installed theme

  • autismne

    (@autismne)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    How do I change the default text found in the “about” text box? I wrote the new “about” text in the pages tab, and clicked save, but the next “about” text doesn’t replace the default text.

    Also, I’m trying to find my API key. It’s not on my dashboard profile.

    You must have registered here at wordpress.com to get an API key. Just having a wordpress blog somewhere else does not get you a key.

    You can see your key at http://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/profile.php

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Might need to look in your theme’s sidebar.php file for that about text.

    Resources:
    Stepping into Templates
    Template Hierarchy
    Editing Files

    API key see:
    http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/19/api-key/

    mdi

    (@mdi)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    the about-box of your theme’s sidebar seems to be “hardcoded”, so you have to edit heading, text and link in “sidebar.php” (located in your theme folder).

    – <h2>About</h2>(the heading of the about-box)
    – <p> ... <br> (the text)
    – <a href=" ... /?page_id=2"><strong>more about »</strong></a> (the “more about” link)

    “more about” links to page_id=2 (your present about page). so the whole box doesn’t make any sense to me… maybe you can use this box as an “about-teaser” or “about-excerpt” =) … or delete the link and use the box as your about-page … or delete the whole box from sidebar.php.

    Thread Starter autismne

    (@autismne)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    sidebar.php is a Dreamweaver document. I thought I was using Word Press to edit?

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Please review Editing Files. The sidebar.php is a file typically in a WordPress Theme–see Template Hierarchy for discussion on the various template files in a theme.

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