HTML hunt

  • Engine44

    (@engine44)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    I have a site that uses the Site Origin Page Builder. GoDaddy is the host. I need to dig into and edit the html of a page.

    I am able to view but not edit the code through Chrome Developers Tools.

    Is there another way I can access and edit the code? GoDaddy says I can’t get to the code from their website. That seems strange but that’s what they said. Perhaps it’s WP xode, so it doesn’t sit on their website.

    I just read that I can access the core HTML by using FTP to get into the GoDaddy site. I hope that’s true.

    Thank you

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by Jan Dembowski.
    • This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by Engine44. Reason: New info
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  • Kartik Shukla

    (@kartiks16)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hello engine44,

    Most of the HTML part is managed from WordPress Admin Panel, so you might need to edit the code files.

    Even though if you wish to edit the code file it can be done via the FTP/cPanel access that you can get only from Hosting provider i.e. Godaddy in your case.

    If the files are within the WordPress Theme, you can edit them from WordPress Admin Dashboard.

    Left Panel > Appearance >> Editor

    Hope this information helps.

    Thanks,
    Kartik

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    7 years, 1 month ago

    What do you want to do? There are certain best practices involved with certain tasks.

    JNashHawkins

    (@jnashhawkins)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Here’s something you should read. This is the place to make most changes to WordPress. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/

    This little plugin makes it super easy to create those Child Themes which you can then edit to create the functions and enhance your design.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-theme-generator/

    Child themes are not affected by updates to the parent theme.

    Don’t edit the core WordPress files! It can be done but the next update may remove your changes.

    On GoDaddy, you can make changes to any file via the hosting Control Panel’s File manager. There is an editor right there.

    Optionally you might use an FTP client. There is usually documentation available for any good FTP client to work with GoDaddy.

    You will probably break something sooner or later. Good, current backups are a must. I use Updraft Plus for that. https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

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