As a follow-up, I was able to resolve the sidebar issue (link above) by using plain text on the testimonials themselves. Apparently using the quote element in the visual composer was the problem, as it was creating the shortcode blockquote. It’s unfortunate though, because the quote element in VC produces a great looking quote format.
I tried again to add the Testimonial Rotator to the home page (thinking the fix above might also fix the home page); however, it still truncated 80% of the content on my home page and didn’t display any testimonials.
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
-KR