Title: Help – customizing this thing – php newbie!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help – customizing this thing – php newbie!

 *  [giantlocal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giantlocal/)
 * (@giantlocal)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-this-thing-php-newbie/)
 * I’m using WordPress as a backend to this:
 * [http://martjdesign.com/giantlocalblog/wordpress/](http://martjdesign.com/giantlocalblog/wordpress/)
 * Basically I am building a local search site, but I am not personally very good
   at PHP, but I can use Dreamweaver and do some editing in html and php but the
   php side I am very bad at, I am simply going on an edit-test-edit-test type work
   system.
 * If anyone can help me with some things I’d appreciate it GREATLY, so I can get
   on with this as I feel that I’ve reached a hump so to speak.
 * 1. How do I fix that box on the front of the page? I know it’s css but I’d rather
   it not be there. It seems to work on the other pages (if you run a search for
   say CAFE or RESTAURANT) but I hate it there and can’t seem to get it into the
   outer box. I would rather it not be there.
 * 2. Search for “cafe” or “restaurant” is there anyway of making this search like
   BUSINESS and TOWN, like [http://www.yell.com](http://www.yell.com) have, well
   they have 3 but I’d like 2 ideally.
 * 3. How do I incorporate html into this, frames?? Or is it best just having the
   whole thing as php. (I want to add 10 different wordpress blogs into the front
   page and have them tabbed, of course this is not going to happen just yet, I’m
   trying to get the local search element worked out first before attempting this,
   but eventually that is the plan.
 * 4. I like this plugin : http:// blog.abusemagazine.com/index.php/2006/01/28/ 
   wordpress-plugin-post-star-rating/ I used [http://babelfish.altavista.com/](http://babelfish.altavista.com/)
   to see what the instructions were. I downloaded the plugin and activated it, 
   nothing is showing, what now?
 * 5. Is there a way for me to display the LATEST updates or FEATURED listings that
   I choose that show on the sidebar?
 * 6. I want to have an alphabetical list so the user can click say R and Restaurants
   will come up.
 * 7. Seperate regions, for example : cafes in Gloucester, cafes in Cheltenham, 
   etc, different regions having different pages if you get me??
 * That’s it for now I think. Thank you.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-this-thing-php-newbie/#post-418308)
 * Look in style.css for something similar to:
    `/* Begin Form Elements */`
 * #searchform {
 *  margin: 10px auto;
 *  padding: 5px 3px;
 *  text-align: center;
 *  }
 * #sidebar #searchform #s {
 *  width: 108px;
 *  padding: 2px;
 *  }

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