I know we are allowed to used the themes from wordpress and edit them in the theme editor.
However, working in the theme editor is really annoying. Does anybody know if there is a way to download an entire theme file from Wordpress, so that I can customize it in the editor on my laptop?
thanks for the help
You can use Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard plugin. it's provides a "download link" in theme's detail page.
While #mohammad's answer is correct, I find it best not to clutter a site with unnecessary plugins, what works best is if you login to your server via FTP or your host's cPanel and download the files that way. It keeps your Wordpress install clean of anything that won't be used too frequently.
If you have any questions on how to do this, your host will be able to guide you without issue.
There are multiple solutions to this problem, you can change theme files through the FTP/SFTP account using Filezilla. or you can access your CPanel account go to the File manager and access your file easily. Other then that you can clone your website to your laptop through any migratory tool after that you can configure your website to the localhost and just make changes in Theme according to your requirement from the Xamp/Wamp folder at your system.
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So I engage with a website developer but due to lack of support decided to try doing it myself.
They provide with login details to cPanel and dewaweb wordpress manager and what I need is to edit some text of the website homepage.
However i couldn't find the page html file where i should do the editing in public_html. All i can see is the php and image files. the Wordpress manager also only shows media editing and does not have text/html edit function.
What should I do? i wonder if it's something to do with permission or if it's my unfamiliarity with Wordpress.
I'm new to Wordpress, cPanel and web hosting in general. Used hostgator before but it was more straightforward than this.
[cPanel File Manager Public_html does not have .html file][1]
[dewaweb wordpress manager only showing media, no text editing][2]
If I understood you well you need to edit your site, you should edit it inside the Wordpress. not through a cPanel. Wordpress has its own builder and you don't actually need to edit HTML files by your self. Try asking for login info to your wp installation and edit needed page there.
Hope it helps and correct me if I'm wrong
I already designed a layout, see the picture below.
I want to integrate Wordpress into my layout, I downloaded Wordpress and already installed it: I put the wordpress folder inside XAMPP's htdocs. My website folder is studentportal.com.
I don't know how to start, I don't have any ideas to integrate Wordpress to my own customized site. I'm new to HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and Wordpress.
After installing the wordpress(should mention db name password etc when it's asked or should customise wp-config file in your wordpress folder), you will be able to access the backend of your website through the www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin
There are different ways to create pages and posts(where we enter the data). So it's better to go through wordpress tutorials. I can help you by providing a tutorial file, from which I studied the wordpress(mail me, if it's required: vivek.kjk#gmail.com). There are many sites which provide the tutorials for wordpress. Just try Googling, you will find a good one for sure. So that you can learn the basics of wordpress. Good Luck :)
If I understand correctly you want to make a wordpress website with your layout.
You have to create a own Theme with your layout files
You have to change the name of your wordpress folder to studentportal.com
I'm working on developing my first Wordpress theme. As of now, I've just been coding the files, zipping my theme folder, and then uploading and activating the theme in my Wordpress Dashboard to test it.
However, this has become quite tedious, as I basically have to:
1) code a bit of my theme, zip into folder
2) deactivate/remove old version of theme in Wordpress dashboard
3) upload new version of theme, and activate
4) repeat...
I'd like to install Wordpress locally, but I don't quite understand how to do that yet, and I'm not familiar setting up a local webserver.
SO... rather than do it the tedious way that I have been, is it OK to just make sure my theme is activated, and then edit my files and overwrite/upload them to the wp themes folder over FTP using Filezilla?
I'm guessing it'd be considered bad practice, but for the time being would this work well enough until I learn a better way?
That's definitely okay.
You can modify the files locally and then upload the changes using FTP. Make sure you have backups so if you accidentally FTP the wrong changes you can easily revert them.
Yes you can absolutely download the uncompressed theme and modify and put it back using ftp.
Also, some themes support whats called a child theme. This allows you to override the theme with your changes, without changing the original source code. Which in turn gives you a better upgrade path from the original theme provider when they have updates.
I have actually had some weird formatting issues with WP after manually editing files, where they would no longer run, so I try to avoid it. But I have bad luck that time.
What's the best way to work on a WP theme on a live site? So that the users see the current theme and I can see the one I'm working on. I know WP has a preview theme option, which works, but it has a sidebar that lets you go back to the WP management page, which means when I try to inspect the source it has lots of extra stuff that the actual theme wouldn't have.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Working on a live site is not a good idea. All changes you make will be viewable to your users.
You have two options here. The first option is to create a subdomain like test.example.com and install wordpress there. From there you can do changes to the theme without worrying about the live site. Once done, you can just move your theme over to the live site.
The second and best option is to install wordpress locally on your pc. I use xammplite for that purpose. It works the same as a live install, but it is faster making changes to a theme. Also, if you make a mistake somewhere like a syntax error, you can correct it quickly, no need to ftp a file backwards and forwards between pc and live site.
If this doesn't cut it, your last least favored option is to download a maintanance plugin and put your site in maintainance mode. You will be able to see and test your site, and everyone else will see a maintainance notice
I have a plugin from Telarus called GeoQuote. It's a lead generation plugin for their agents, and I'm trying to help an agent get the plugin working on his WordPress site. I have all the php files and the css file in a separate folder.
My question is, how do I get it on the website now? I tried the WordPress plugin installer, but it didn't work.
I'm assuming I can upload the files to the hosting server with FTP and then use php code to call on the plugin in the widget area I created in WordPress. But I don't know what kind of code to use.
Can someone help walk me through this or at least point me in the right direction? Thanks for your help.