Locating the themes index php file
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I’m trying to find my themes index php file. Where is it and how can i access it. I’m not familiar with computer programming so that may be my problem, Thanks
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Hey there.
You are looking for a feature (Theme Editor) that is only available when you are using a self hosted WordPress website.
WordPress.com is different in that it hosts your site completely but to ensure everything runs smoothly we have to turn off a few tricky features like this one.
We have many upgrades and features that cover most bases, if you fill me in the details of what you are trying to do I can give you some better advice on what would fit you best.
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Thank you SO much. You’ve saved me a lot of relentless searching … I’m obsessive and have trouble giving up. I suspected that this might be the fact when so many links led me back to the Word Press.Org site.
I don’t think WordPress.com would be happy with my request. Which is to turn off the dates shown on each post. I’m writing music scores for piano students on my new blog and the dates aren’t relevant and look fussy on the screen. But if they are required, then I must grin and bear it.Once again, thanks for your prompt reply. It is much appreciated …
Nikki Ty
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Hey Nikki,
We can do a few things about those dates, but with some limits.
The text “Posted on February 12, 2014” can be hidden with a few theme modifications, using a Custom Design upgrade. This can be done.
The address of each post “http://thehappypianoprofessor.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/choosing-a-piano-teacher/” can’t be modified to not include a date. This is standard to all WordPress.com.
That said, I suspect you might be more interested in the “Page” type, rather than the “Post” type.
Pages don’t have a date associated on most themes, and their addresses can be simpler, like this: http://thehappypianoprofessor.wordpress.com/about/
We can do a few things to sort pages together, but there is no equivalent to the “consecutive posts” look of a “classic blog” style.
So, we could have a set up where you have all your essays under different Pages, and use a few tricks to have some good links around the whole site, but we wouldn’t be able to show Pages in a blog-like layout.
I’m thinking that you might like a combination of both things, perhaps.
I’m happy to discuss the details about these ideas, just let me know if any of this sparks your interest :)
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Again … I must thank you for giving so much attention to my pickiness. I considered the page option and have used it on another blog, but I understand it inhibits the SEO. The blog I’m working on is actually the Melody Muse … which I’m linking back to TheHappyPianoProfessor I haven’t listed it as public until I have about ten pieces ready to publish.
Actually the date is fairly unobtrusive and I’ll just go with the standard blog style. I’m quite sure I’m the only person bothered by it. I get views for pieces a couple of years old, so I know that the topic is the point.
I had problems with “order of posts” in another blog which I’m basically using as an online book. I solved that one by simply dating the “chapters”. Each new one I pre-date and it falls nicely into position. Yartsa.wordpress.com. I seem to be an habitual “tweaker” … I tweak everything including life.
So I think I’ll just rest content with my Melody-Muse … people wiho want to download a piece aren’t going to be fussy about when it was posted. Heck do I really care when Beethoven wrote his Fifth? A year here or there. Nope.
Again a big thank-you for your help. You’ve gone way beyond the call. Aloha … Nikki
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Sounds like you got it all right Nikki!
Feel free to contact us anytime you have a doubt :-)
Happy blogging!
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