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Does anyone know how to do this in Wordpress?

by ProfitwithAdam
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I have a few wordpress blogs and I want to know how to get rid of some things on my site. Not sure how to do it.

1) I'd like to get rid of the "Posted by: Admin - December 31st, 2009" thats on my pages.

2) How to get rid of the "Be the first to comment" box that has the category and tags showing, plus that "posted by" thing above is on there too. How can I get rid of these things? Please be specific, I am very new to website design/modifications.

Thank you for your help!

Adam
#wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Adam

    All of this involves editing the theme that you are using. WordPress themes make use of Template Tags to display things like authors name, posted date and pretty well every dynamic parameter on your site.

    You'll need to edit the PHP pages that comprise your selected theme. The WordPress Admin utility does have a built-in editor, but it's usually better to download the theme to your local computer and work on it there using a proper text editor like PS Pad or Notepad ++.

    A couple of good links to get you started:

    Template Tags WordPress Codex

    WordPress Guide - Customizing WordPress Theme Part 1

    Make sure you have a backup copy of your theme before you get started, just in case something gets messed up!

    Good luck and Happy New Year!

    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Holmes
    Originally Posted by ProfitwithAdam View Post

    I have a few wordpress blogs and I want to know how to get rid of some things on my site. Not sure how to do it.

    1) I'd like to get rid of the "Posted by: Admin - December 31st, 2009" thats on my pages.

    2) How to get rid of the "Be the first to comment" box that has the category and tags showing, plus that "posted by" thing above is on there too. How can I get rid of these things? Please be specific, I am very new to website design/modifications.

    Thank you for your help!

    Adam
    Hi Adam,

    MyWebWork has the answer perfectly,however, if you need the nitty gritty details the name of the theme you are using is essential.
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  • Profile picture of the author HomeBizNizz
    Post your link to your blog and we will take a look...
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  • Profile picture of the author ProfitwithAdam
    www.xpprinter.com is one of my blogs. If you click on any of the categories you'll see a ton of tags that need to go into the background.

    Also, I am using "HeatMaps Theme" because its a good adsense theme based on Googles Heat Maps.

    Thank you all for taking a look.
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  • Profile picture of the author DarrenHill
    Hi ProfitwithAdam

    If you want to get rid of the comments box or some specific items in them you have to edit the common.php file in your theme folder

    You need to FTP to your wordpress install folder and look for wp-content->themes->heatmap theme->common.php and open it in a text editor and look for the following

    Code:
    <!--
Individual Post Details 
~~~ -->
    You can then proceed to get rid of stuff you don't want (Note: please make a backup first so you don't lose original content)

    Hope this helps

    Darren
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