Your theme has html code errors or you have introduced some with errors in your widgets. Use http://validator.w3.org/ to check for code errors, especially missing closing </div> tags. Missing a </div> will drop sidebars and widgets below the content <div>. And use Firebug with Firefox, or use the developer tools in Chrome or Safari or … Read more
You can’t move only those folders. You can move the plugins folder in the wp-config.php file: Quoted text from WordPress Codex: Set WP_PLUGIN_DIR to the full local path of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g. define( ‘WP_PLUGIN_DIR’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/blog/wp-content/plugins’ ); OR: Set WP_PLUGIN_URL to the full URI of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g. … Read more
If you have a premium theme, it’s hard to say how it is coded. Your best bet for support is to contact the author through channels that he/she has set up. They should be able to answer them better than we can since they built it.
You can try enable the theme editor via WP-Config as shown here: http://www.wp-edge.com/how-to-enabledisable-wordpress-theme-editor/ It’s probably impossible if you don’t have FTP access – but its possible that the theme editor was enabled previously via the theme funcitons.php and has since been disabled once you re-installed a fresh version of it.
In general Child Themes are meant to be used for customizations on upstream parent theme. However views differ for specific types of customizations. Since shortcodes are related to your content a lot, it might be more robust to considering putting them into simple plugin (or “must use” plugin).
I enjoy writing my own themes, and I actually think doing it from scratch turns out a better product in the end. That said, I’m not sure building your first theme on a client project is a good idea, and the time required to learn it would be prohibitive and would either cost you/your company … Read more
Without getting your hands too dirty, a lot of themes come with a CSS editor built-in so you overwrite rules. Feel free to do this for simple changes, and just be wary that your changes could get overwritten if you decide to update your theme in the future. However, if you feel comfortable going deeper, … Read more
There are many WordPress plugins that let you manage your email subscription. But overall this is not recommended, mainly because it creates a heavy load on the server. What will inevitably create a problem with the hosting service. In my experience, it is advisable to work with professional external services. For various reasons among which … Read more
According to WordPress template hierarchy, the page templates will fall back to page.php of the new (active) theme. You can read more about template hierarchy here:- https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/
Now that you have mastered modifying a WordPress Theme you are ready to create your own. There are many ways to go about this, and it’s up to you to figure out what is best for you. Personally, I like to use a WordPress Theme framework. My favorite is called Sage (formerly known as Roots). … Read more