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    A client asked me to fix his Wordpress site which was built not by me. It's got some custom functions, but it's pretty typical. After a while, client mentions to me he is editing the .php files when he wants to change headings, etc. So, he edits some parts of his site via WP, but other parts via FTP, even sometimes editing php pages that are part of the WP install.

    He told me that's how his developer made it. Is this at all common? Have any of you ever had a reason to do this? Because to me it seems fucking insane and ridiculous. Am I crazy?

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    • It's not ideal but it makes sense. You could edit via the Theme>Editor portion of the dashboard. FTP - maybe he's changing the code locally, then overwriting.mg33
    • And the PHP pages, maybe he's editing these on the server, like through CPanel>File Manager.mg33
    • It sucks that the client has to do all that to make simple changes but you'll either have to deal with it or suggest changes eh?shellie
    • You should mail him glitter.mg33
    • Oh wait, that company went under :(mg33
    • nb... very common. I'm in the middle of the exact same thing right now for a photographer who got screwed by his initial dev. :(PonyBoy
    • non-dynamic page headings in Wordpress - bizarre.fadein11
    • Call me "old fashioned" but when I use a CMS I'd like to use the CMS, yaknowwhatImean?
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