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1. jszypula
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have a bunch of posts on my website, but when I access them live, there are icons and text that appear on the site. I don't know where that stuff came from and don't want it there.

   Here's a link to one of the posts:

   Appearing at the top of the page are links to advance forward or backward to the next or preceding posts, there's a large file folder icon, the date/time the article was posted, and a "posted by" link that when clicked brings you to the website.

   At the bottom of the page, the following text appears:

   "This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 11:57 am and is filed under White Papers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Edit this entry."

   Does anyone know how I can get rid of this extraneous stuff so the page looks neater?

2. jszypula
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://www.griotpartners.com/class

   ...above is the link to the post referenced.

3. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   FYI, when you add a link, you kinda need to either just put in the URL or put CONTENT in the tag.

   <a href="http://www.griotpartners.com/class"></a> will NEVER work anywhere :)

   That 'stuff' came from your theme.

   For example, the folder is in your page as:
   

   <img alt="" src="http://www.griotpartners.com/wp-content/themes/theme1065/images/icon-1.gif" class="img-left">

   So crack open the theme files and find where it calls that and remove if you want.

   I would suggest using a Child Theme: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

4. jszypula
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok. On the WP dashboard, I went to Appearance, then Editor. I've selected Theme 1065, which is the active theme I'm using. On the right side of the dashboard page, there's a list of about 14 Templates, and a list of just one Style Sheet (style.css). So...

   ...where would I look to edit what you suggested? Would it be in the sylesheet, or under the template for Single Post, or somewhere else?

   ...where/how do I create a new directory for a Child Theme. The article you suggested says to "make a new directory in wp-content/themes" but I'm not sure where to find "wp-content/themes" on the dashboard. I can see a tab called Install Themes under the Appearance --> Themes page, but I don't see an option to make a new directory.

   Please advise.

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Template for single post.

   And you need to make a new theme folder via a file manager (like an FTP client or SSH). You cannot do it within WordPress unless you're uploading a zipped theme file.

6. jszypula
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok... It's getting more clear to me but I still have questions.

   I use Network Solutions as my hosting site, and there's an FTP manager function on there. There are a number of files that exist there already (images, scripts, rss reader.php, sitemap.xml, wp-app.php, etc.). I created a new file there titled Theme1065 Child, but I don't know what to put in the file.

   Would I copy the content of the Template for a single post from WordPress and paste it here, and then manipulate the Child file coding how I want it?

7. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No you have to make a FOLDER.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

   Go to wp-content/themes

   THERE make a folder called 'theme1065-child' (NO spaces, NO Capitals).

   In that folder you first make a style.css (read the link again). THEN you copy the file you want to edit from theme1065 to your folder and edit it there :)

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