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Anybody know how to remove the links on the right?

         

adamnichols45

9:40 am on Apr 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I like the software but dont want the messy links on the right!

Is it easy to remove these?

freewebsiteideas

5:39 am on Apr 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

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wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php

YLinc

6:21 pm on Apr 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

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U also can remove them in the wordpress online editor in the Sidebar tab

Leva

9:30 pm on Apr 8, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Wordpress is pretty easy to edit. It only has one css file and a handful of php files that determine how the whole site looks.

Simplest thing to do is:

chmod the file so you can edit it
open the sidebar.php file in the editor that's internal in wordpress
COPY AND PASTE the sidebar as it is to wordpad and save a copy on your hard drive -- this is your safety net if you break something

Examine the sidebar.php file to find the code you want to delete

Delete it

Voila. No more links.

(Hint: You can also copy and paste adsense code or other advertising code directly into the sidebar and it works quite well.)

Leva

rogerd

2:26 pm on Apr 11, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Note, too, that there are many, many themes for WordPress that will change the look quite dramatically. Different themes position links and other content in different places, and one may work better than your current theme.

If all you want to do is remove a few links using the control panel editing tools to change sidebar.php is probably the easiest way. (I'm assuming you don't mean the "Links" content which you can manage using the control panel),