How Do I edit the main page

I found the codex handy for most questions

http://www.codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

hope it helps 🙂

Open up the main template (index.php)
Around line 40 is the start of the sidebar so just chisel away there 🙂

<div id="sidebar">
<h2><?php _e('About the Site:'); ?></h2>
<ul><li id="about"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></li></ul>
<h2><?php _e('About Me:'); ?></h2>
<ul><li>Write about yourself here</li></ul>

I’m trying to do the same thing – just make a few changes to my main page. I have an old blog (WP 1.2) and I can edit it fine, however when I download index.php with my new installation (1.5 – kubrick is the default template) it just reads:

<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
?>

Why isn’t my index.php along the same lines as that of the poster above?

My index is

<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
?>

What is everyone talking about? Where is the rest of the code?