Title: Change code from WordPress Admin directions
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Change code from WordPress Admin directions

 *  [jumaru7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumaru7/)
 * (@jumaru7)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-code-from-wordpress-admin-directions/)
 * Hello i dont know if this is the right category to post this but i have this 
   code in a theme template
 *     ```
       <div id="sidebannerp">
       <a href="" target="_blank" title=""><img src="" /></a>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Its a simple styled container with an image and a link.
 * This is a form of banner and to change it everytime i have to upload the picture
   in the proper folder and then edit the href.
 * So i want to make it so that i will be able to change the href link in wordpress
   admin page instead of editing everytime the php file of the theme like how are
   settings of a theme where you alter the code from worpress admin panel.I know(
   or at least i think) that this isnt simple so i would like to know where i should
   start looking for to learn about how to do it (languages to learn e.t.c).Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-code-from-wordpress-admin-directions/#post-6641258)
 * PHP is the primary language of WordPress. You could start here: [http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp)
   
   Naturally you should know HTML and CSS as well. Sooner or later you’ll run into
   JavaScript and jQuery too.
 * If you are going to change the code of your theme’s templates, you will want 
   to make a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes). Specifically
   for using a particular image on a post you might be interested in [featured images](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails).
 * Good luck! ( and have fun 🙂 )
 *  Thread Starter [jumaru7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumaru7/)
 * (@jumaru7)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-code-from-wordpress-admin-directions/#post-6641282)
 * Thank you very much friend for the answer.Im already into learning php from w3schools,
   as for html and css im pretty good (not great).The only thing that troubles me
   is that in w3schools it says at the beginning of php that you should know basic
   javascript.Is this true?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-code-from-wordpress-admin-directions/#post-6641331)
 * Huh, that’s curious. Knowledge of JavaScript is not a prerequisite to PHP, I’ve
   written tons of PHP with no JS involvement at all. You will eventually run into
   the need, but for now it’s not essential. Unless perhaps the tutorial is structured
   in a way that uses JS in it’s examples, for AJAX handlers for instance.
 * IMO, w3schools leaves much to be desired, but it’s a handy quick reference with
   working examples. You may do well to find another resource that fits your learning
   style better. TBH, I never “learned” PHP in the traditional sense, I picked it
   up along the way, finding out what I needed as the need arose. Nearly all I know
   of PHP comes from php.net and from examining WP core code!
 *  [ferglamanta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ferglamanta/)
 * (@ferglamanta)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-code-from-wordpress-admin-directions/#post-6641417)
 * Try codecademy

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