Removing 'sticky' text

First, I strongly urge you to make a child theme. Otherwise, the next release of TwentyTen will wipe out your changes.

Once you have done that, copy loop.php from the original TwentyTen to your child folder. You will be modifying the section of code near the bottom between these two lines:

<?php /* How to display all other posts. */ ?>

/*==========lots of other lines in here ============*/

	<?php endif; // This was the if statement that broke the loop into three parts based on categories. ?>

You need to change that section to this:

<?php /* How to display all other posts. */ ?>

	<?php else : ?>
		<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyten' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

	<?php if ( is_archive() || is_search() ) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search. ?>
			<div class="entry-summary">
				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
			</div><!-- .entry-summary -->
	<?php else : ?>
			<div class="entry-content">
				<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>
				<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
			</div><!-- .entry-content -->
	<?php endif; ?>

		</div><!-- #post-## -->

		<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>

	<?php endif; // This was the if statement that broke the loop into three parts based on categories. ?>

Hi vtxyzzy,

Thanks for answering my question, I made the changes to the parent files.

I was not aware that wordpress updates a theme automatically. Is there a way to stop this ? both websites are now finished for my clients and they will not need changing or upgrading.

I tried to create a child directory after reading this

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes

but I could not access the area ‘wp-content/themes’ in any of my wordpress websites. Should I use a plug-in to create a child directory ?

Also does it make difference if my parent theme is edited the same as my child theme ?

Thanks again,

Sheep1979

Will an upgrade to twenty ten theme wipe my graphics and text too ?

The default themes that come with WP get updated automatically whenever there is a new WP release because they are bundled with the release.

You don’t use a plugin to create a child directory, at least not that I am aware of.

You access the themes directory using ftp, or your host’s control panel/file manager. You use one of those tools to create the child folder and copy the required php and css files into it. Then, you can activate the child theme and use the theme editor to change the code.

A WP upgrade should not change anything that is contained in posts or pages, or any files you have uploaded.