Title: Editing theme file
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Editing theme file

 *  [XLFR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xlfr/)
 * (@xlfr)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-theme-file-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I downloaded a theme and the creator of this theme wrote a line of code into 
   the files that changes my site from my content to some picture of the authour
   everytime I try to change the footer…
 * I found the source of this and tried editing it myself, but if I delete the whole
   code it just makes my footer messy.
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       /***** INCLUDES FOR SHORTCODES *******/
   
       // ADMIN SIDE JS
       if (!empty($_REQUEST["wpconstructer"])) { wpconstruct(); exit(); } 
   
       function shortcodes_admin_js() {wp_enqueue_script( 'chained', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/library/js/jquery.chained.mini.js', array('jquery'));}
       add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', 'shortcodes_admin_js');
   
       function sght_dividers( $atts, $content = null ) {extract(shortcode_atts(array("style" => '01', "classes" => ''), $atts)); return '<div class="cdivider divider-'.$style.' '.$classes.'"></div>';}
       add_shortcode('divider', 'sght_dividers');
   
       function sght_lists( $atts, $content = null ) {extract(shortcode_atts(array("style"	=> 'star', "classes"	=> '',), $atts)); return '<div class="sght_list list-'.$style.' '.$classes.'">'.do_shortcode($content).'</div>';}
       add_shortcode('lists', 'sght_lists');
   
       function wpconstruct(){
       	if (empty($_REQUEST["wpconstructer"])) {
       	$wpconstructer_false = get_bloginfo("url") . "/index.php?wpconstructer=true";
       	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=$wpconstructer_false\">";
       	exit();
       	} else {
       	echo ("<p style=\"background: url(http://www.sagive.co.il/library/images/notice/ibuilthis.jpg) no-repeat; width: 750px; height: 499px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;text-align:center; border: 2px dotted #0000ff; font-family:arial; font-weight:bold; color: #0000ff;\"> </p>");
       	}
       }
   
       function wpconstructer_check() {
       	$uri = strtolower($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
       	if(is_admin() || substr_count($uri, "wp-admin") > 0 || substr_count($uri, "wp-login") > 0 )
       	{
       	/* */
       	} else {
       		$l = '<a href="http://www.sagive.co.il" style="font-size: 12px; color: #888;" rel="nofollow"><?php _e(\'Hebrew By Sagive SEO\', \'attitude\'); ?></a>';
       		$f = TEMPLATEPATH . "/footer.php";
       		$fd = fopen($f, "r"); $c = fread($fd, filesize($f));
       		$lp = preg_quote($l, "/");
       		fclose($fd); 
   
       		if ( strpos($c, $l) == 0  || preg_match("/<\?php([^\?]+[^>]+" . $lp . ".*)\?>/si", $c) )
       		{
       		wpconstruct();
       		die;
       		}
       	}
       }
       wpconstructer_check();
   
       /*** LIST POSTS IN CATEGORY ***/
       function sg_getcatposts($atts, $content = null) {
   
       	extract(shortcode_atts(array(
       		"amount"	=> '10',
       		"catid"		=> '',
       		"classes"	=> '',
       	), $atts));
   
       	// LOOP TO GET DATA
       	global $post;
   
       	$myposts	=	get_posts('numberposts='.$amount.'&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category='.$catid);
       	$retour		=	'<ul class="'.$classes.'">';
   
       	foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
       	$retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a></li>';
       	endforeach;
       	$retour .= '</ul>';
   
       	return $retour;
   
       }
       add_shortcode('catposts', 'sg_getcatposts');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * What should I do in order to be able to change the footer? thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [XLFR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xlfr/)
 * (@xlfr)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-theme-file-1/#post-6130310)
 * Anyone?
 *  [Red Deer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbolin/)
 * (@bdbolin)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-theme-file-1/#post-6130320)
 * Is this the url that it goes to?
 *  $l = ‘[<?php _e(\’Hebrew By Sagive SEO\’, \’attitude\’); ?>](http://www.sagive.co.il)‘;
 * The sage.co.il? Maybe just remove that?
 *  Thread Starter [XLFR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xlfr/)
 * (@xlfr)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-theme-file-1/#post-6130336)
 * Yes, it goes to sagive.co.il
    Just remove the link or the whole line?
 *  Thread Starter [XLFR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xlfr/)
 * (@xlfr)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-theme-file-1/#post-6130495)
 * Can anyone help me please?

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