If I get what you’re asking, it’s that you want a way to remove the <style> tag from your header – correct? Definitely a good idea to do this – just keep the bare minimum there. This way, styles can be managed separately to your markup – keeping the presentation layer separate is best practice. … Read more
This is a very very broad question, probably isn’t the place for it tbh. But anyway, there are many many themes in existence already, you can modify them, generally by adding a child theme and making your modifications there, it is bad practice to update a theme directly. If you wish to extend the functionality … Read more
When you use “static front page” are you selecting the actual page you want displayed on the home page? It sounds like you want the “Splash” page as the home page. You should create the Splash page in the Page Edit Screen, select a custom page template if that is what you’re wanting to use … Read more
Editing your functions.php file is high risk, specially if it is a theme you acquired through purchasing or downloaded. There a several risks in doing that, firstly, just one simple syntax error, and site crash, like you explained. Secondly, if you upgrade the theme, all your changes will be lost. You won’t have that problem … Read more
You can’t download it for free. If there are sites that offer that theme for free or cheaper, that theme is not legal.
Which filter do you need? With Envato you can filter for keywords, software version, categories, etc. Maybe try here on Template Monster.
There are several sites that will tell you the theme and plugins used on a WordPress site. Ask the googles/bings/ducks for “what wordpress theme is that”. The results may often include paid themes that have been extensively customized, but may give you a starting point. As for how to do it – that’s a big … Read more
From this comment: I know the title could be defined in the header.php file as but I din’t want to touch the existing header.php, but do it in a child theme’s functions.php instead But Twenty Twelve isn’t modifying the separator in its wp_title filter callback; rather, it is defining it in its call to wp_title(), … Read more
WordPress doesn’t store a copy of themes. I see several options: Find out why the creator of the theme doesn’t have a copy of the theme at version 2.9. It is really weird that any serious developer wouldn’t keep a copy of old versions. Check your own backups. Ask your hosting provider if he has … Read more
I think you are doing everything wrong. You should just use 1 WP installation and ENABLE MULTI-SITE feature, and then you can open as many separate WP sites as you want! NO NEED TO INSTALL separate WORDPRESS installations.