Your content is stored in the database, not in the theme. If you switch themes or use a child theme, the content is still there. Also, if you run a child theme, the parent theme is still in use: Any modifications from it that you don’t overwrite are still executed.
You’re in the wrong area… …those are background colours for the theme, what you’re looking for is the Additional CSS at the bottom of the customizer. (Screenshots below.) In the Additional CSS you’ll have a text area where you can put your own CSS, use this: body:not(.overlay-header) .primary-menu > li > a, body:not(.overlay-header) .primary-menu > … Read more
There is no pub theme, that’s a quirk of how WordPress.com the premium 3rd party service ran by Automattic is internally structured. It’s non-standard. To be more specific WP.com doesn’t use the normal theme folder structure, and instead of searching wp-content/themes for theme folders, it searches wp-content/themes/pub and several others for themes, but mostly pub. … Read more
Yes and No. The way sites were built in 2011 might differ from what you remember. Returning to WP after nine years – will the classic editor plugin allow me to pretend it’s 2011 as I migrate my site over from squarespace? There are a lot of sites from 2011 still running with the latest … Read more
This is because WordPress.com is unique in this regard. If you purchase hosting and install WordPress on that host, you can then put a theme or plugins in the relevant folders, hundreds of themes, or even put a completely different application in WordPress’ place if you chose to. This is what’s called a self hosted … Read more
How do I keep my Files during WordPress and Theme Updates? Don’t edit core WordPress files or the files of themes or plugins you didn’t develop yourself. If those are updated they are replaced entirely and you will lose any changes you make. If you want to customise the theme, create a Child Theme. If … Read more
Yes, the answers you’re finding are correct. WordPress, like most CMSs, separates the content from the presentation. This means that you put all the templates for styling inside the theme, and then you enter all the content in the editor. That’s not to say there aren’t other ways to do things, but that’s the most … Read more
Plug-ins Job Listing Job Manager WP Careers WP Job Board – Premium (This has a similar name to the one you linked to, but they seem to be completely different systems) Themes JobRoller – Premium Job Board – Premium JobPress – Premium Tapp Jobs – Premium As you can see, a lot of available solutions … Read more
Use FTP to rename the Thesis theme folder and then WP will use the default theme and you will be able to get back into admin. If he edited the theme file via the theme editor in WP admin, then replace the file he edited in the Thesis folder from a fresh copy and try … Read more
I assume you do have full access to admin? Several options I came up with without much thinking: Make an archive with modified copy of theme, install it through file upload. Obviously this is easier if you have copy of theme, otherwise you might have to build it file by file from sources accessible in … Read more