[thavrilka]

When using the inspect element function in chrome/firefox on my website, I can make temporary edits to the HTML code to see in the browser to see how the changes affect the appearance. If I wanted to make the changes permanent, how would I determine which file to edit? I am brand new to this and basically trying to edit a theme for a CMS. I can't find any info on this subject anywhere.

Regards.

[Dormilich]

if the file is from a server (and not your server) you can’t do anything at all. the most you can do is make a userscript, that applies the change each time you load the page.

[thavrilka]

The files are on my server, so I do have access to edit them, I just don't know which file contains the particular element that I'm inspecting.

[Dormilich]

the one mentioned in the browser’s address bar (unless there’s URL rewriting active)

[thavrilka]

there is rewriting, index.php is shown as main.php
perhaps it would be more clear if you see for yourself

at http://www.toxichotspot.com/gallery2 there is sample biography data in the theme that I want to change but I don't know what file that code is located in.

[Dormilich]

you would have to resolve that yourself by checking the rewrite rules in .htaccess (or whereever the rewrite rules are listed) (that’s why people do URL rewriting …)