Help with editing index.php

  • This is probably going to sound like a really stupid question but I am new to editing themes etc and I want to edit my index.php so the front page doesn’t show certain categories but my index.php only has lines like this:

    vti_encoding:SR|utf8-nl
    vti_timelastmodified:TR|04 Jan 2010 20:36:48 -0000
    vti_timecreated:TR|04 Jan 2010 20:36:48 -0000
    vti_cacheddtm:TX|04 Jan 2010 20:36:48 -0000
    vti_filesize:IR|1544
    vti_extenderversion:SR|5.0.2.4803
    vti_backlinkinfo:VX|

    How do I modify the code for the page when it is like this?

    Thanks in advance.

    Di

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  • Are you sure that you are looking at the WordPress theme’s index.php? Those ‘vti_’ prefixes indicate Frontpage. I’ve never seen that in a WP theme.

    Thread Starter belgrael

    (@belgrael)

    Yes, that’s what shows up in WordPress when I go to edit the index.php.

    What theme is it?

    Thread Starter belgrael

    (@belgrael)

    “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie” – https://wptemplates.org/?p=154

    I just downloaded that theme, opened it and grep-ed the whole directory– not a single ‘vti_’ in the whole thing. Something in your install is different. So are you sure you are looking at the files in /wp-content/themes/SleepingDogs? Who set this up for you and how was it done? Somehow some FrontPage junk has gotten in there. If you scroll down, is there anything beneath those ‘vti_’ lines?

    Thread Starter belgrael

    (@belgrael)

    Using the editor inside WordPress every one of the php files has those vti_ things in them.

    I’ve just opened the index.php on my own PC and can see all the code.

    So I guess I have to use an editor on my own PC to make changes then upload the files?

    Why would the editor on WordPress be showing it like that?
    Any idea?

    The only thing I can think of is that someone at some point installed some FrontPage junk in your web space. Possibly your host did it.

    You are better off editing offline and then uploading.

    Thread Starter belgrael

    (@belgrael)

    Thanks so much for your help!
    I’ll do that.

    Di

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