Frequently Asked Questions:

How do I remove the entire “bio” section?

Q: How do I remove the entire “bio” section?

A: To remove the bio, in your Theme Editor, choose the file called “Main Index Template”. Find the line that says:

<?php include 'bio.php'; ?>

And delete it. Click “update file” to save your changes, and check your work by viewing your blog and refreshing your browser.

To add it back in, just paste it back in. Viola!

Questions? Instead of emailing for support, leave a comment below so everyone can benefit from any clarification.

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19 Responses to “How do I remove the entire “bio” section?”

  1. On May 31st, 2008 at 12:17 pm Lisa Carpenter said:

    Is there a way to put the bio in a different area so that it just starts with my posts but people can still view a bio??

  2. On June 2nd, 2008 at 10:26 am Jared said:

    @Lisa Carpenter: not really. you could just create a “page” with your bio and then upload a picture, and link to it from your nav, but that’s about the only way.

  3. On June 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am matt said:

    this is what id like to do as well.
    how would i make a link up top to open my new page for my bio section?
    thanks!

  4. On June 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am Jared said:

    @matt: you can sort of follow the directions here. Except instead of pasting in javascript between the <li> and </li> Paste in something like this (still between those tags):

    <a href=”http://www.myblog.com/link-to-my-bio-page/”>Bio</a>

  5. On July 27th, 2008 at 11:52 am Matt said:

    Yeah, in the galleries of example blogs Katy Reigner’s blog has a separate “info” section that takes you to a new page inside her blog. This is exactly what I want. A separate “Info” section that is still part of my blog and not just a link to my other website’s info section. How did Katy Reigner accomplish that?

  6. On July 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pm Jared said:

    @Matt: you accomplish this by writing a “page” (go to “write” -> “page”). then once the page is created. grab it’s permalink url by visiting the new page. then, in your topnav.php file, add a line where you want the link to be that says:

    <li><a href=”http://www.mysite.com/blog/mypage”>Info</a></li>

    except change out the URL and the link text (Info).

  7. On August 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pm photoTristan said:

    I’d like to shrink my bio section, is this possible? Right now there is a bit too much space after my bio text and picture before the first post begins.

  8. On August 27th, 2008 at 5:55 am Jared said:

    @photoTristan: the bio section would shrink on its own, but the way you handled the biopic is kind of messing it up. the biopic is still 312 pixels tall, which is pushing everything down. if you want to resize your bio image, which you did, also go into bio.php and change the height of the image to the new height.

  9. On August 27th, 2008 at 7:16 am photoTristan said:

    Thanks! I’ll give that a try.

  10. On January 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm kathryn said:

    in the bio section, my header, “welcome”, is tiny–the same size as the paragraph text. it’s not the right color either, even though in the stylesheet editor i have the correct size and color inserted. i think i messed up the coding in the “bio.php” section, but can’t find the original coding to compare and see if i’ve messed up somewhere.

  11. On January 3rd, 2009 at 11:05 am admin said:

    @kathryn: in your stylesheet look for this chunk:

    <br>
    /* LINE 85 */

    /* edit these to affect the headers of the “bio” area */
    #indexbio <h2> {
    color: #C34A2C; /* color of header */
    font-size: 26px; /* font size for header in bio area */
    }

    change it to exactly this:

    /* LINE 85 */

    /* edit these to affect the headers of the “bio” area */
    #indexbio h2 {
    color: #C34A2C; /* color of header */
    font-size: 26px; /* font size for header in bio area */
    }

    (notice that i removed the “<br>” and the brackets around “h2″

  12. On January 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am Chris said:

    Jared,

    Is there a way to have the Bio only show up on the first page only? When users scroll down and click “Older Posts” the bio shows up on all pages as they go through.

  13. On January 15th, 2009 at 6:28 pm Chris said:

    Bump…

  14. On January 16th, 2009 at 7:42 am admin said:

    @Chris: no, there is no simple way to do this. if you know some PHP and WordPress API’s you could hack the code, but the theme is not designed to do this. sorry!

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