How often do you need to edit index.php?

  • Just wondering how much of the layout resides in editing index.php . . .or is it all in the layout.css?
    For example, I want to move the date/time in with the post title . . .but I’m not sure how to do it exactly.

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  • That’s in index.php.
    <h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
    <div class="meta"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category() ?> — <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(); ?></div>

    h3 is the title part, the meta is the rest.

    Well, I’m sure others will comment, but I’ll give your question a try.
    I believe that in most cases the ‘time’ is located in
    <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?>
    you can move that around with ease – provided you keep in the same ‘context’ – as in, inside a ‘div class’ argument … or class=”storytitle”, etc.
    I had to play with it at the beginning to find ways that worked.
    One tip … SAVE A BACK UP COPY of your index.php before starting. *grin* :o) Put it in notepad, for instance, to paste back in when it doesn’t work.
    Good luck.

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    So I would “move” stuff in index? Not layout.css?

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Yeah, I’m not a total website or IT noob, just when it comes to CSS and PHP and WP.
    Thanks. I figured that’s what I was looking at, just not sure where I should be moving what exact code to. Lots of trial and error I guess.

    Yes, index.php determines what and where your elements should be shown, and xxx.css just tells the browser how they look like.

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Ok, just for fun I tried moving
    @ <?php the_time() ?>
    up to
    <?php the_date(”,'<h2>’,'</h2>’); ?>
    so it read
    <?php the_date(”,'<h2>’,'</h2>’); ?> @ <?php the_time() ?>
    and I got an error.
    So THAT’s not gonna work.

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Ok, so I don’t know what I did different, but I did the same as above and it works . . .sorta.
    Now the time is below the date (which is in a table with a background), but it is unformatted. I want it in the table with the date. The date doesn’t seem to have any “div” or “class” other than content though.
    Any thoughts?

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Also tried putting
    ”,'<h2>’,'</h2>’
    in the time variable. Still no formatting.

    Because the variables for the the_time tag and the_date tag are not the same.

    P.S. I was thinking about a workaround…
    If you want the same formatting for the date and time obviously this one wouldn’t work
    <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?> <h2>@ <?php the_time() ?></h2>
    since the two heading (h2) tags would force a line break and a huge white space…
    so the not-so-elegant but efficient ?? way would be:
    <h2> <?php the_date(); ?> @ <?php the_time() ?></h2>

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Cool. Worked perfect. Thanks (should thought of that).

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