Figuring Out What File to Edit from Looking at the Source Code

  • Hello,

    I just started working at a company and they have a website that was partially completed by someone else and have hired me to complete and make changes to it. It seems that most of the website was created in WordPress, but some of it seems to be done by hand-coding.

    The website is at https://www.executivetravellink.com/

    I was able to get the company’s FTP information which shows me all of the files that are on the site and I can easily transfer over locally to work in say Dreamweaver for example. They want me to make some changes to the navigation bar up top where it has links to the Hotels, Flights, Cruises, etc. From looking at the code in the index.php file, which leads to other files, I wasn’t able to figure out which file to open in order to make those changes.

    I’m not sure if this is possible, but from looking at the source code, would someone be able to know the answer to that? Any information that someone could give me would be certainly much appreciated.

    Thank You!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    It’s probably just the menu.

    Go to WordPress Admin -> Appearances -> Menu

    See if it’s there under ‘Primary menu’

    (For most of what you want to do, WordPress will run via the back end. The GUI interface. The only time you need to mess with the files is when you change a theme totally. Themes are stored in /wp-content/themes/themename)

    Thread Starter FlaPnthrsPunk

    (@flapnthrspunk)

    Thanks. That seemed to be the correct area. Now, I’ll just have to play around with that section to see where I can add more links and such.

    Thread Starter FlaPnthrsPunk

    (@flapnthrspunk)

    I just had another question. I just added another link for “Vacation Packages” and want to include a small thumbnail next to it like the others have. Where would I insert those?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    You’d have to look at the css probably, and see how they were inserted already.

    Thread Starter FlaPnthrsPunk

    (@flapnthrspunk)

    Thanks. That is indeed how the previous designer did that as I was able to put an existing thumbnail back in just by including the same menu item number. I’m just wondering where he is storing them so I can create new ones and put them in.

    As I also mentioned yesterday, he apparently created some pages partially in WordPress and partially in HTML by hand. For example, if you go to https://www.executivetravellink.com/brands/hotel-brands/, he seemed to create the first paragraph in WordPress as when I go to the hotel-brands page in WordPress, I can see the first paragraph created. However, that is all you see and when I tried to insert a banner above the first paragraph, it doesn’t show up. I’m just wondering where exactly he put the rest of the content and how he linked it together.

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