functioning "edit button" shows on web site

that link only shows for logged in admins
log out and test

You were right! Thank you.. is there a way to get rid of the “Posted on September 1, 2010 by admin” and the ” Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off” stuff off the page completely?

Yes – edit the relevant template file in your theme.

Hi thank you for response.. how do I get to the template file? I am using “Twenty Ten 1.1 by the WordPress team” I go to managing themes and the site is there, but no way to get to the file that I can see.. you help is greatly appreciated.. really. thank you Ed

Look in Appearance/Editor. You’ll need to edit loop.php and remove references to <?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>. I think there are two separate occurances in that file. You’ll also need to remove <span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span> (3 occurrences).

You should also be aware that your changes will be over-written if/when you upgrade the theme or when you upgrade WordPress.

is that in single posts?

edit single.php;
find:

<div class="entry-meta">
						<?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>
					</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

and remove it.

then find:

<div class="entry-utility">
						<?php twentyten_posted_in(); ?>
						<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
					</div><!-- .entry-utility -->

remove this also (this part also contains the ‘edit’ link).
if you want to keep the ‘edit’ link, just delete
<?php twentyten_posted_in(); ?>
from the above.