Title: Header Question Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Header Question * [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/) * I am hoping that you can help with the content of my pages. My site is [Rhymes For All Times](http://rhymesforalltimes.com/blog) In the HEADER- how can the code be changed so the phrase “A Poetic Look At Life In New York City” just shows up on the Home page? Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [vangrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vangrog/) * (@vangrog) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323017) * [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/345547?replies=3#post-1329380) * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323018) * I guess I was answering this in your other thread as you were posting this. * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/345547?replies=3#post-1329380](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/345547?replies=3#post-1329380) * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323028) * Thank you Chris but I am not sure where this change is inserted. Here is a copy of my Header code Thank you very much * ``` > <?php wp_title('«', true, 'right'); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>
``` * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323029) * In your header find: `

` * Replace it with * ```

``` * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323049) * Chris, thank you very much. It worked great! I would have never been able to figure that one out myself. Now that we’re on a roll- how about another. How do you get the author name to only show up on the home page and not on any other pages. Thank you * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323052) * Glad it helped. * Pretty much the same deal for the next one. WordPress themes use [Template Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags) to display data. Locate the theme file that has the tag that your theme is using to show the author’s name (it’ll probably have “author” in the name) and then use a similar if statement like we used above. * Without knowing what your blog theme is or looks like I can only make a guess that you probably want to check the theme’s `index.php` file. * I hope that gets you in the right neighborhood. * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323058) * Chris, This looks like the place in the index php file to make the change. Can you hold my hand again and tell me what to do. thanks

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* [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323060) * OK, here we go: * In your theme’s index.php file find: `` * Replace it with * ``` } ?> ``` * See if that’ll work. * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323063) * Ok, we’re only batting 50%- that one didn’t work as got error message when I visited the site. Any other thoughts Thank you. If other thoughts fail, do you think I could just eliminate that code

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from the index php file and just put my name on the top of each post as they are done on home page? * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323068) * What was the error? I may have tossed in an extra semi-colon… * ``` } ?> ``` * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323069) * I’ll put in the code again and let you know * Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323070) * here is the error message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDWHILE in/ home/nyres2/public_html/rhymesforalltimes/blog/wp-content/themes/skinbu/index. php on line 19 * here is how the index php is coded

“>

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* Thread Starter [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * (@al-c) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323084) * Chris, somehow, I fixed it by going to page.php with original code

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I put after code and now it shows just as I wanted it with Author only showing on home page. Thank you very much and am sure will benefit from your help in future as still have a few unresolved issues but tortured you enough tonite. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Header Question’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 13 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [al-c](https://wordpress.org/support/users/al-c/) * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-question-1/#post-1323084) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics