WordPress only see’s my about page..

Hi

there is no correlation at all between php files in your themes folder and pages that WordPress sees. The only pages WordPress sees are static pages that have been created in the Pages section of WordPress using the editor. The reason About shows up is because WordPress installs a default About page during its installation. The 9 files in the themes folder are templates that are used to display portions of the static pages and the regular posts in different parts of WordPress. There are no traditional HTML or PHP files at all with WordPress – that is, there is no HTML file you can edit of your About Me page, or whatever. It is all done in the editor, and the code is stored in the database, and assembled as someone requests seeing a page.

Hope this is helpful

Thanks for the info stvwlf. I guess the issue is that I paid someone to create a blog template for me.

She provided me with the following files:
.DS_Store
.htaccess
archive.php
comments.php
footer.php
functions.php
header.php
<images> directory
index.php
page.php
search.php
sidebar.php
style.css

I thought I could load these in WordPress but it sounds like I’ll have to re-create them in WordPress. She won’t return my emails.

Hi

No, again you are not quite getting something important.

The files you listed there DO make up a theme, yes. So you got what you paid for.

What you don’t quite get is that the theme itself is not what gets displayed. You have to create content within WordPress, posts and pages. Those are then displayed USING THOSE FILES you listed. The files are not what the content is in, they are just the vehicle WP uses to put shiny face on the content that you write within WordPress.

Those files you listed – they should all be placed in a folder that has the name of a theme – for example, lexavision

You then take the lexavision folder and move it inside the WordPress folder /wp-content/themes/ move the entire folder into the themes folder.

You then go into the WordPress admin area and select Appearance on the vertical nav buttons at the left. You should see some themes appear. Find the one you had created and double click on it.

Then you activate it and it becomes your active theme. Then the site will look the way you want it to and you can begin writing posts.

Is that any clearer?

Ahhhhhhh….

My disconnect was that the developer I hired to produce the template was showing me the blog which contained content that I had provided her.

It was that content that I looking for in the files she provided.

I have posted some content. Actally this is pretty cool.

Thanks again stvwlf!