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A little help with "put the generated code into the Header.php of your theme" please

  • 06-05-2009 10:08PM
    #1
    edanto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to follow the instructions at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/215822 to put a music player on skuzziport.com

    Can anyone give a few more step by steps to expand on the instruction in the title, which comes from:

    I've found what I was looking for. It's a standalone javascript but it's working...
    It's called SCM Music Player

    You have to put the generated code into the Header.php of your theme, just below the <body> tag.

    thanks

    (I've had a look in their forum and... well... here I am!)


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  • #2
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    I'm not sure what part is throwing you... you can edit header.php inside of the wordpress control panel if you have the file permissions, otherwise download it through ftp.
    Ideally you open the file in notepad, find where it says <body>, then copy and paste the code you were given by the music player setup... save the file, upload it back to where ever you found it. (something like /wp-content/themes/my-theme/header.php)
    Make a copy of the original header.php if you're worried about messing it up.

    I'm not familiar with the music player, but you might find pasting it right after <body> doesn't give you the position you want... so you might instead want to place it somewhere in index.php and/or single.php


  • #3
    edanto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭edanto


    Gotten a little closer - found a header.php file in the ftp. There were three themes in the folder - how might I know which one is in use?

    EDIT: Ah deadly thanks. The bit that's throwing me is that I know feck all about actually doing the web editing, just some basic concepts! I've only ever made a 'hello world' html page so this is a bit of a big step. Think I may nearly have it though - thanks for explaining it about, you're right, I was worried about messing it up.
    cheers

    EDIT 2 - found the theme settings inside wordpress, think I'm sorted.


  • #4
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    It should give the name of the theme in style.css
    Tally that with what wordpress says it's using


  • #5
    edanto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭edanto


    All done, thanks for the help.

    I might change the colour of it or something, it's not that obvious. Works well though.

    http://www.skuzziport.com/


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