ok, possibly the dumbest question yet...i'm trying to find the post contents on the FTP server so that i can edit the layout of them directly on the server.
can anyone tell me where the posts i've made show up on the server? it makes sense that they'd be in the 'themes' folder, but can i find them?
thanks in advance
The actual posts are in your wp_posts tables in your MySQL database.
Display of posts are usually handled via the index.php file in your theme using the_content template tag.
See:
Stepping into Templates
Stepping into Template Tags
Template Hierarchy
Backing_Up_Your_Database
Michael, thanks for that. it raised more challenges!