Sam

Hi, I think you’d need to manually remove this from the theme’s page.php or post.php file depending on whether it’s a post or page.

You can access the relevant file via the WordPress admin area >> Appearance >> Editor >> You’ll then see an option to select the file on the right. This is the code that makes up the page/post and there should be area that has “the_post_thumbnail();” in it. If you remove that section it will remove the featured thumbnail. If you’re not sure what to remove paste a copy of the code here and I’ll be able to advise.

To remove the code you changed you’ll need to edit the files via your cPanel. You should have a menu option to access the sites files, from there you need navigate to the below folder;

wp-content >> themes >> you will then see the themes installed so click on the theme you’re using

Once you’ve accessed the theme folder you’ll see all the theme files that you edited via the WordPress admin area (header, footer etc). I’d recommend removing all the code that you enter to see if that restores the site – try the function.php file 1st. If it works take a backup of the site and re add your code, then if something goes wrong you can easily restore from your backup.

Good luck!

Hi James

I think the only way to change this is by manually editing the MySQL database. A quick way I’ve got round this before is via the below

1. Export a copy of the MySQL database to your computer
2. Make a duplicate copy so you have an original – for safety!
3. Open 1 of the databases in a text editor
4. Do find and replace all – so replace jamesriverwriters.dreamhosters.com with jamesriverwriters.org
5. Import the edited database

This will then update all references to the mirror site and you should then be able to access the site. Just remember to keep a copy of the original database in case my suggestion doesn’t work!

Cheers
Sam

Hi ezzypro

I wouldn’t of thought editing the style sheet would cause this problem, more likely the functions.php file – have you edited this too?

If you have access to the site’s hosting control panel it would be worth looking to see what files had recently been changed in the theme folder. You can then manually remove the code you added via your control panel if you can’t access it via the WordPress admin area.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Sam

Hi froggy

I’ve taken a look at your site and hope the below helps.

1. To edit the “Your Example Niche Site” heading you will either need to do this via the theme options (if available) or via Appearance >> Editor. It will be the header.php file you need to edit.

2. If hello world is showing this will be because either a recent post widget is active or it has been coded to show recent posts in the sidebar. You can either delete the unwanted widget or if that’s not available go to appearance >> Editor again and edit the sidebar.php file (this file-name may differ depending on your theme). Another option would be to just delete the Hello World post.

Regarding the table it looks like you’re missing the opening <td> on the 1st cell. If you add that in I think it should solve the problem.

Cheers
Sam