Meta Menu

[makaveli]

the bit that says

Meta

 

* Login

* Valid XHTML

* XFN

* WordPress

 

how can i get rid of this as the last 3 i dont really want

[TCH-Tim]

If you are using the default theme, that piece should be in sidebar.php (in wp-content/themes/default).

 

To delete the last three items, find the section starting with:

><li><h2>Meta</h2>

and delete the following:

><li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>
<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>

[makaveli]

Thanks thats all done

my final question is about the CHMOD values, it wont me edit them, so what i do is set them to 777 then set it back when i finished.

what is the CHMOD value i should use that will still keep my data safe?

thanks in advance

[TCH-Tim]

My theme files are all 644. If you want to edit them through the WP admin interface you don't have to change them to 777, 646 will do.

[TCH-Bruce]

Yes, 646 will do it but remember to change them back to 644 so nobody else can edit them when you are done.

 

I edit my theme files on my own PC and then FTP them back to the server when I am ready to use them.

[TCH-Tim]

I edit my theme files on my own PC and then FTP them back to the server when I am ready to use them.

That's my preferred method so I can open the files up in my favorite source code editor and see syntax highlighting. In a pinch I might edit them through cPanel's File Manager.