Title: Can't find file to add php code
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Can't find file to add php code

 *  [MilkyTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkytech/)
 * (@milkytech)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-file-to-add-php-code/)
 * I am trying to use this plugin for an image fade at the beginning of the content
   of my front page. it’s called Content Slide. I have the plugin installed and 
   activated properly but now I have to add this small line of php code where I 
   want the plugin to show up on the webpage: `<?php if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')){
   wp_content_slider(); } ?>`
    I have looked through all of the folders on the website
   server and there is no index.php or header.php or any php files in the /wp-content/
   themes/energy_pros/ folder that seem to produce my actual website. the few index.
   php files i did find all have a small piece of php code that says “silence is
   golden” I don’t understand how to get this plugin going.

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-file-to-add-php-code/#post-3726449)
 * this might help to locate the tempalte which generates the front page:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
 * you could also try to edit the theme’s files with the _**dashboard – appearance–
   editor**_; see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files)
 * what theme are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [MilkyTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkytech/)
 * (@milkytech)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-file-to-add-php-code/#post-3726537)
 * it is a custom theme based on Ashford or hero or both, i don’t know. Someone 
   started this site and now I’ve been given the god awful task of figuring out 
   wordpress and fixing the site.
    In the /wp-content/themes/ folder there is 4 
   theme folders and 1 index.php file that only contains “silence is golden”. The
   4 theme folders are: ashford ashford_pro Energy_Pros placeholder
 * i would think the file I need to add the code to is in the Energy_Pros folder,
   but there is no index.php in there, just function.php, meta-page.php and a bunch
   of post-blahblahblah.php’s. In-fact, I can’t figure for the life of me where 
   any of the website is. if you go to the site energypros.com, there are like 10
   webpages! where is all that data on the server? I have opened almost every .php
   file on the server in dreamweaver and none of them contain anything remotely 
   resembling the visible site. sooo frustrating!
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-file-to-add-php-code/#post-3726547)
 * **energy_pros** seems to be a child theme of **ashford**;
 * so your site would use the templates from **ashford **unless they are duplicated
   into **energy_pros**.
 * look into header.php or index.php in the **asford **theme for the right spot 
   to add the code; then copy that file into the child theme folder (**energy_pros**)
   and edit it there.
 * review how to work with child themes [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * >  where is all that data on the server?
 * most of it might be in the database
 *  Thread Starter [MilkyTech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkytech/)
 * (@milkytech)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-file-to-add-php-code/#post-3726564)
 * i tried that index.php and all that’s in there is this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * Index
        *
        * Default home page blog
        *
        * v0.7 - Added php comments
        * v0.7 - Internationalized
        * v0.7 - Replaced default pagination with emm_paginate()
        * v2.0 - Remove sidebar for mobi
        * v2.1 - Fixed link
        * v2.3 - css grid class constant added
        * v2.3 - fixed mobi for child themes
        *
        * @author Tim Bednar
        * @version v1.0
       */
       ?>
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
         <div id="content" class="<?php echo constant('ASHFORD_CONTENT_RIGHT_GRID');?>">
         <?php if(function_exists('wp_content_slider')) { wp_content_slider(); } ?>
           <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
             <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
             <?php
               if(IS_MOBI=='false'){
                 include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/post_excerpt.php');
               } else {
                 include (ASHFORD_CHILD_DIR . '/post_list_mobi.php');
               }
             ?>
             <?php endwhile; ?>
           <?php else : ?>
             <?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){echo '<p class="hint"><a href="http://ashford.turtleinteractive.com/support" title="Get more hints">HINT &raquo;</a>: When you add more posts, they will be listed here. </p>';};?>
           <?php endif; ?>
           <?php if (function_exists("emm_paginate")) {
             emm_paginate();
           } else {?>
             <div id="paginate">
               <span class="paginate-previous"><?php next_posts_link('<span class="meta-nav">&laquo;</span> '.__('Older posts','ashford'), '10') ?></span>
               <span class="paginate-next"><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer posts','ashford').'<span class="meta-nav">&raquo;</span>', '10') ?></span>
             </div>
           <?php }?>
         </div><!-- /#content -->
         <?php if (IS_MOBI=='false'){get_sidebar();} ?>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * You can see where I threw that line of code in at the start of the content div.
   I saved this file to the /themes/energy_pros/ folder and it didn’t work

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