How to the 'About' Text from Vita WordPress Theme

You finally find the perfect template for your blog. Vita is a great template and works extremely well to fit just about any blogger’s needs. With it’s three-column format, easy to navigate text and clear white background, its great WordPress template to share your thoughts with the world. There is only one problem, after installing the Vita WordPress template you notice that you can’t get rid of the “About” “Post Stats and Recent posts in the right most column. Here’s how to remove the unwanted blog display.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. 
    
   WordPress Theme Editor

   Log into your WordPress account and access the Theme Editor. Depending on which version of WordPress you’re using (older versions can access the editor through the “Design” menu and click “Theme Editor”). Newer versions such as version 2.7.1 can access the editor through the “Appearance” tab. Which ever version you have, just make sure you get to the Theme Editor.

2. 
    
   Vita sidebar.php code

   Select the file Sidebar (sidebar.php). Once you access the sidebar you’ll see the code for Vita’s right-most sidebar. Located near the top of the page, look for the following code: ?php J_ShowAbout(); ? and ?php J_ShowRecentPosts();? This is the code for the About and the Recent Posts that are hard coded into the template. Delete those two lines and everything in between (each line of code will have opening and closing symbols "<" and ">").

3. Click save to save your changes. Now visit your blog to see that offending code is gone.

Resources

• Sample Vita WordPress Template without 'About' Text