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ok… very hard to say what is happening.
Without access I am running out of ideas.
I’d probably try deactivating all plugins to make sure it’s not a plugin (easiest way would be to go to wp-content/ folder via FTP and rename the plugins directory to something else)

Also I would re-upload all WordPress core files.

But after that… I am clueless without being able to see and “touch” for myself.
Try deactivating plugins to see if that helps.
As it’s not regular WordPress behavior, it has to have something to do with a third-party thing.

Regards
Anja

Hi Maxine, I still don’t know what you mean. Never saw a “launch” button in WordPress in all my over 10 years of using it.
Anyways. It’s all good if it’S working now.
Regards
Anja

Works fine for me. Tested in IE, Firefox and Chrome.

Ok. To backup, you could use the Duplicator Plugin. You have to do backups manually but it gives you everything you need to restore your site in two files (installer.php and the zip file including your site).
So this is STRONGLY recommended.

When you have your backup (also download it to your computer), try the theme switching. It will most likely do no harm but better be safe than sorry.

Then we will think about next steps.

Hi there,
You would have to create a custom post type first. That would probably be called “books” and have some fields like “author”, “genre” and so on, I would guess.
You can use plugins to help you with that. Just google how to create a custom post type and you should find lots of info on that.

To have users create posts, you could use Toolset CRED, which is not the cheapest possible solution but will do exactly what you need and if you decide on using that, you would also have a custom post type generator integrated in toolset.

I already did this once with GravityForms and Gravity Forms + Custom Post types Plugin, which is much cheaper.

I’m sure there are other ways to do this but this is what I have tried so far.
Good luck
Regards
Anja

What do you mean by “launch”? I don’t understand your question. What should it launch? And are you talking about frontend or backend of your site? And do you have a link?
Regards
ANja

And another question just out of curiosity: is that large white space unter the slider intentional?

You should be able to switch themes without a problem. Then check if problem persists and switch back. In any case you should ALWAYS have a backup before doing things like this.
So you should try the theme switching and see how that works out. BACKUP FIRST ??

When you say “visual editing”, do you mean the regular wordpress visual tab in the editor?
Also please try switching themes to default (TwentySeventeen) to see if the problem persists. If it doesn’t while on a differen theme, the problem is in your theme.
Let’s try that first and then we’ll see…
Regards
Anja

Sounds like css issue to me. Somewhere in the code, the text is set to white so it doesn’t show. Hard to say without seeing it in action. Have you used code inspector to see if there is any css turning the text white? (Right click – inspect element)
Regards
Anja

Sadly, there is no way to do this in MySQL. Look at this thread explaining the issue:
Stack Overflow

Good luck!

Hi there,
I really can’t do anything more as I don’t know the theme you are using. And why don’t you just use that static page (which looks exactly as you want it) as your home page?
DID you try to make that page “static” your home page?
Sorry but I don’t know what else to do without being able to look at the backend.
Cheers
Anja

HI mopgrass,
Very sorry, I had an error in my syntax.
It should be:
body.home { background: url('https://tobinband.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/book-glasses-red-read-159542.jpeg')!important; }

There are many styles trying to mess with your background…

The above code will give you a full size image and you will only see the blue area of the image. So if you want the glasses to be visible, try something along the lines of:

background: url(https://tobinband.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/book-glasses-red-read-159542.jpeg)!important;
    background-size: contain!important;
}

Hope that was it! ??
Good luck
Anja

Hi there,
do you have a URL where I can look at what you’ve done? I can’t see any changes on tobinband.com

Thanks
Anja

Sorry for that! I apologize! I shouldn’t support when I’ve had a day like that!
Again! Sorry! and thanks to you Jan!