How to personalize pages

  • Resolved giovanni86

    (@giovanni86)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi, I’m new in WP.

    I’m trying to create new pages with my own format, for example form, select, button and other staff to insert in the pages.

    My questions are:
    1) Where can I edit the html, php, css, js code of this pages?
    2) Where is the location of this pages, in wp-content/themes or not?
    3) There is a way to create very personalized pages directly in WP cms?
    I looked at the structure of the directories and files of WP, but it’s not very simple to understand at all.
    Thanks.

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  • It sounds like what you want to do is customize the *template files* that control your page layout, rather than the actual content of the pages/posts.

    Yes, those files live in /wp-content/themes/WhateverYourActiveThemeIs

    Download them to your computer so you have a local copy to work on, and keep a copy of the original for backup in case you need to revert.

    Some folks like using text editors like BBEdit to edit template files, others use tools like Dreamweaver – pick your own preferred tool. I assume you know HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript already? If not then I would not recommend tackling this until you do.

    You CAN edit your Theme’s template files directly in the back-end of WP (if you have an administrator login) by going to Appearance > Editor, BUT remember those are live site files – backup those files first if you’re going to edit them live.

    Thread Starter giovanni86

    (@giovanni86)

    Ok, I’m working on. Thanks ??

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