Title: File management Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # File management * [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * (@schmittyapolis) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/) * OK, this could very well be the dumbest question asked in the support forum, but I’m new at this so enjoy the laugh and then answer the question. * While formatting my Loop to my liking I broke up the posts of each category using the “more” tag (sorry, forget the exact code) in dashboard/write/write post. Now I would like to customize the look of the post meta data and add horizontal separators between each post summary. * I found the instructions on how to execute these alts on the word press site, but to do it you have to go into the code (index.php?) and modify tags. * Here is where I am confused. I altered the theme locally on a second computer in my office and uploaded all files via DreamWeaver MX. Then I made the loop alts through the WP dashboard. So now, in order to modify the code more, do I need to download the index.php file from the hosting server onto my computer? Is the index.php file on my computer out of date because of changes made through the Dashboard to the live index.php * This make sense? Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [bpartch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpartch/) * (@bpartch) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559766) * Hello * Yes if you made changes to the files via the WP control panel under: presentation >> theme editor, than you will need to download the file to your comp again. * I find it best to always make changes to WP files locally and then upload them. I have found myself uploading an out of date file once or twice. 🙂 * Thread Starter [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * (@schmittyapolis) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559771) * so you don’t use the theme editor to make changes then? * [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/) * (@rudolf45) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559773) * No, we don’t. It’s the dumbest thing that was introduced in this script!. In order to be able to modify template files online you have to make them world writable – which means they are left open for any idiot hacker kid to shit your website. Because 99.99% of the users never change back the permissions once they made the files writable. * [bpartch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpartch/) * (@bpartch) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559774) * > so you don’t use the theme editor to make changes then? * No I do not anymore for the reasons I mentioned above as well as what rudolf45 says. 🙂 * Thread Starter [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * (@schmittyapolis) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559780) * oh nice… * LOL * OK, sorry guys/girls, but this just makes me have more questions: * 1) How do I change the permissions of the files you spoke of? * 2) I know nothing about PHP and very little about HTML but the wordpress lessons make sense well enough except for the fact that I never know which file they are editing. Seems like most of the time it is the style.css or single.php Is this correct? How do I tell what file wp lessons refer to? * 3) Lastly (for now), if you visit my site [http://www.schmittyapolis.com/mainblog](http://www.schmittyapolis.com/mainblog)… now that I set up the Loop (a new concept for me) splitting each post with the more tag (I came across another tag that sounded like it did the same thing only better but I forgot what is was/where it is… is there one?) I find that once you click on a post in a category, I have no way of returning back to the mainblog page. Also, I hate the “Previous” and “Next” post navigation buttons that appear… any thoughts on how to get rid of them? * Thanks for all your help/patience * Thread Starter [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * (@schmittyapolis) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559781) * **UPDATE:** * CRAP! * If you visit the link i provided above, you will now get an error message. * I accidently copied the index.php file i modified for my theme (Originally adelaide- 10) and rather than putting it in mainblog/wp-content/themes/adelaide-10 directory, i copied over the mainblog/index.php file. * Any thoughts on how to correct THAT?! * It’s late and clearly i am starting to do stupid things so im done for the night. * Help (please?) * [bpartch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpartch/) * (@bpartch) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559809) * Hello **1.** You change permissions using your FTP program, browse to the file and right click it and look for permissions or CHMOD on the list. * Set it to 775 and if that does not work do 777 but make sure to change it back after you have made edits. 🙂 * **2.** As far as which file to edit it depends on where you want the changes to appear. If it is the main page than you edit index.php if it is a single post page than you would edit single.php if it is an archive page you guessed it edit archive.php if it is a page than edit page.php. 🙂 * **3.** To get rid of the next and previous posts links edit single.php. 🙂 * Hope all this is helpfull in some way. 🙂 * Thread Starter [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * (@schmittyapolis) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559828) * I changed it to 777 and it worked. What happens if I do not change it back? What should I change it back to? Group/Everyone Read/Write 066? Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘File management’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [schmittyapolis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmittyapolis/) * Last activity: [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-management/#post-559828) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics