Thomasmind
Member
Posted 6 years ago #
I want to remove the "Meta" section on the right-hand side of my blog. I searched the help topics for an article on how to do this. I found one & tried what it said to do. It said to find the Edit index.php page. I did that. Then it said to remove the <li id="meta"> lines. I didn't find these exact lines, but I did find lines that had "meta" in it. I removed those lines. I think I've made a big mistake! The "Meta" section is still on my blog, and I have no idea what I removed. I have 2 questions:
1) How can I remove the "Meta" links on my blog (I am using the Default presentation style, if that makes any difference)
2) How can I undo the edit I made to the Index.php thing
I AM VERY NEW TO THIS -- which I'm sure is obvious. Please help with very simple directions. Thank you very much!
Open sidebar.php and look for something similar to:
<li><h2>Meta</h2> <ul> <?php wp_register(); ?> <li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li> <li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li> <?php wp_meta(); ?> </ul> </li>
Either comment it out or remove it.
Please backup 1st...and restore whatever file you messed with.
Thomasmind
Member
Posted 6 years ago #
Thank you very much! I do not know where to find sidebar.php, but I will diligently look for it before asking for help with this.
Can you tell me how to restore the file I missed with? I have no idea how to do that. I'd appreciate help with this.
Thomasmind
Member
Posted 6 years ago #
Found sidebar.php easily -- thanks!
Thomasmind
Member
Posted 6 years ago #
The Meta remedy worked. Thank you! You have no idea how good it feels to be able to learn how to do some of these things. As a newbie, I feel so dumb at times. I appreciate the help.
Thomasmind
Member
Posted 6 years ago #
No response -- I'll post a comment in the Template section asking for the codes. Thanks for the help you've given!
