Can I use the wordpress admin dashboard to customize themes that I download? Or do I have to modify the code to make changes (i.e. How do I remove the blogroll and meta from the sidebar?)?
THEMES HELP!!! (4 posts)
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bmjoseph7
Posted 3 years ago # -
the answer is it depends on how your theme is set up and what you want to do.
If the sidebar blogroll and meta are coming from widgets, you can remove them in admin. To check for widgets, go to Appearance button in left column in admin, and then under it Widgets. If you see blogroll and meta installed, remove them. Otherwise edit the sidebar.php file in the theme's folder.
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Posted 3 years ago #Thank you for the reply. When I activated a new theme (created by another wp user), I checked the widgets and only the ones I want showing were activated. But the blogroll and meta still showed. Is it possible that the theme does not correspond to the admin? Otherwise, how can I remove them from sidebar.php if I don't know how to change the code?
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When you look at sidebar.php it will be fairly obvious which code generates which sections of the sidebar.
Make a copy of the file as it is, before you change anything. Then just experiment - take out what appears to be correct.
If you mess something up, replace the file with a copy of the saved version you made. There isn't a lot of code in the file, so through trial and error you should find the correct lines to remove. In the worst case and you just can't get it, put the original version back on line and ask for more help on the forum.
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