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What page does what part 5
By Mike | January 23, 2007
This is the 5th of 5 posts that will go over editing your theme and what the various pieces do to your blog. This should allow you to find the area you need to change to make your blog uniquely yours. This is based off the Word Press default theme and if you use a different theme it may have more or less options.
searchform.php - This sets up the form for your search function. Not a file to play with ;-).
Sidebar - This is probably the piece most edited. On this blog this is where I added my ugly mug, a banner for my book and on others I have made extensive changes to it. If you are using widgets you need to be careful where you input the HTML code. You will see this code to check for widgets.
“if ( function_exists(’dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar() ) { } else {”
Normailly you will add your HTML right below the div file for the sidebar at the top if you want it to be at the top of the side bar. If you want it below the widgets then you will need to place it at the bottom. I strongly recommend you not try and intermingle them with the items you are pulling into the sidebar with widgets. As always make a copy first and if you make a mistake you can put the original back.
Single Post - This won’t need to be edited very often as it just pulls in the various pieces - header, body, side bar, footer, etc. to show your single post when someone has called the specific page.
If you have any questions on Word Press blogs or blogging in general that you would like to see addressed please leave a comment.
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