how do i change a tag in template

  • my brother is using wp and has never done any xhtml coding so he asked me to add a question to this forum. he’s made his comment (textarea) to large. that is it has to many rows. so he doesn’t know how to locate his template/pages. i’m not familiar with the structure of wp so if some one can help me that would be great. thanks in advance. does wp have a tree structure; are all pages based on a template?? the articles on wp.org don’t seem to be very clear to me as i don’t have a working version (haven’t downloaded a copy).

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  • The textarea field for the comments form can be found in the folder of the theme you are using in a file called comments.php

    So, if you are using the default theme you would find this file in:

    root wordpress folder /wp-content/themes/default

    Scroll way down close to the bottom of your theme’s comments.php file and find a line that looks something like:

    <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>

    Change the cols and rows to whatever you want.

    Hope that helps.

    Thread Starter freddy kruger

    (@freddy-kruger)

    thank you. can i add maxlength=”n= to limit size of comments as in a text box? if u know please let me know.
    thanks for ur response.

    Thread Starter freddy kruger

    (@freddy-kruger)

    also how do i get to themes from administration toolbar??

    Themes can be found under the Design menu option.

    Yes, you can use maxlength and any other html you’d like.

    Thread Starter freddy kruger

    (@freddy-kruger)

    do i download; ftp from site root wordpress folder /wp-content/themes/default and change the tags there? or do i change from Design menu option? in admin. my bro already has his blog online and hopefuly we don’t want to lose the content that’s there already.

    If you are talking about the HTML tags, you would need to changed them in whatever theme you are using. You may change something that causes the content not to be displayed but the chances of loosing the content are small if you’re not hitting delete buttons or messing around with your DB.

    Thread Starter freddy kruger

    (@freddy-kruger)

    yes, thank you. but the theme do i download from my site or do i change the tags om my hdd then upload?
    thanks for all your help.
    i know i’m close.

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