Spencer Finnell

There really aren’t “programs” for creating themes. Read into Theme Development.

You could also try theme frameworks such as Canvas, Genesis, or Builder (Google them)

Depending on what theme you are using, you might have a tag.php. If it does, you can edit that and add what you want to show above the loop. If not, you can create a duplicate of your archive.php file, and rename it to tag.php. Then add what you want in that page.

For more information on how WordPress chooses what file to display, check out the Template Hierarchy

You both should try to get support from the WooThemes support forums. They will be able to help you better.

Check out the many form plugins.

Check out Editing Files in WordPress

Looks like you’ve accidentally added an extra link above the Twitter one.

<li class="page_item page-item-141">
<a title="" href="https://www.avenueapplemac.com/141-2/"></a>
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/AvenueAppleMac"><img alt="Follow AvenueAppleMac on Twitter" src="https://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png"></a>
</li>

You only need the one link with the image (assuming you only want to show the icon)

Are you using the Twenty Ten theme?

If so, in comments.php, look for comments_form(), and then check out the documentation for a guide on customization.

If your theme is using the new Menu Management, you can use that.

Otherwise you will need to edit your theme’s header.php file, and add the HTML needed for a link.

If you remove width:700px; from #site-title, the tagline will jump up, letting the banner move up too.

Twenty Ten uses the new template-tag, comment_form(), which would be located in comments.php. The documentation goes through customizing the form.

If you apply opacity to a div, it is applied to all of the children elements.

If you just want the container’s background to be semi-transparent so you can see the background through it, I would check out rgba

It seems to work fine for millions of people…

Who do you use for hosting? If your site is loading slowly, it could have to do with that.

Also, do you have many/any plugins installed? Or a custom theme? Some bad code in a theme or plugin could cause the site to respond slowly.

How are you making your changes? Through the editor in WordPress or through an FTP client?

Just the max-width line. Make sure you save the changes.

Do you have a link to your site you can share?

What theme are you using? It looks like you are linking to the actual post that is the static homepage? Some themes have different layouts for single posts, as opposed to the actual homepage.

Try linking to just your base domain (https://yoursite.com).