Looking for help to edit a WP website

  • Resolved focalpress

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    8 years, 10 months ago

    I am looking for some advice on this issue. I have been asked to make a ‘minor’ change to a simple static website (not a blog). The site is at https://www.digisats.ie On the home page I want to just remove the bullet that says “ordering viewing cards” just below the SKY heading. I look at the source of the page and I see clearly there the HTML for the bulleted list. No problem to edit it – I thought!!.
    Now I am quite IT literate but have little knowledge of WP. I am doing this because the site is some years old and the author no longer available. So I go to https://www.digisats.ie/wp-admin and can see the pages there. BUT I CAN’T FIND THE BULLET!!! It’s not in the HOME page. Nor anywhere else I can see.
    I obtained FTP access to the hosting site and downloaded every PHP file I could find (~500) and searched there for the text of the bullet. Nothing!! So I conclude that maybe some WP magic has salted the HTML away in the SQL database. But how to find it?
    I would appreciate some guidance on how I might locate the HTML for the bullet. Or any other way to do the edit.

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  • if you just want to remove the text “ordering viewing cards” then you can add this css only for that particular list item

    .container_12 .grid_3:first-child ul li:first-child{
display:none;
}

    BTW, its not the preferred way but may be quick turn around until you find the text from where its coming.

    Thread Starter focalpress

    (@focalpress)

    As this is an active commercial site, I don’t want to go playing with it in any depth. A simple text change is what I had hoped for. Changing CSS lists or modding the database is not something I want to do on an active site.
    I will maybe look at transferring a copy of the site to my local server. There I can look at changing the theme and getting the latest version of WP.
    I am assuming that exporting the site (WP + database) is something that is done regularly and that it’s not a big deal.
    Many thanks to all who replied. Great community.

    Thread Starter focalpress

    (@focalpress)

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    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I will maybe look at transferring a copy of the site to my local server. There I can look at changing the theme and getting the latest version of WP.

    Yup, good idea.

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