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Hello Jochundesign – you’re correct – this probably wont work like you’re thinking because the theme would need to be the same theme as the live one. All of your CSS classes and PHP functions will be different. It simply wont work properly unless you call that home page to display a totally different CSS file and reference different content.

I would suggest using the same theme (even same version) of their current website and adjusting things in a staging environment. Then you would need to coordinate with the client for a “content freeze” so that you can quickly get into the live site and apply the new layout.

You’ll want to be certain to have a current backup of their website in case anything goes wrong. You’ll need to restore the website immediately – so have that game plan in place.

Moving forward – using a WordPress hosting company that offers staging environments is highly recommended.

Hello Emilep – this may be a cache issue on your server. It doesn’t sound like a correct default function. Can you test that previewing feature by changing your theme momentarily? If you change the theme (don’t delete your current theme – just activate a new theme for a moment and then test the preview feature – you can see if it’s a glitch in the theme. You may need to connect directly with the theme authors.

Hi Chuck – the “panel” that you’re referencing I believe is called a “sidebar” in WordPress and inside of the sidebars live Widgets. You can place menus or any type of content on a left or right sidebar. Some widgets even can be placed in the footer or header depending upon the theme.

Does your theme offer the ability to change the page template? If so – each page can probably be set to have a sidebar or be full width. You may need to check with your theme author directly on this or view the theme’s documentation found in the zip file or on their support forums.

Hi ihsansfd – you may be able to “hide” the sidebar by using a CSS class of display: none; for that area. The only other way that I know of would be to address your post stylesheet for the body size. Again both of these solutions would be in your main CSS file. The faster fix may be to hide the sidebar – to see if the content would then extend to full width. You can reach out to your theme author directly on this too. They may have a simple fix.

Beautiful images ?? by the way

Looks like there’s code being added onto each image. Look at the path here for the image https://i0.wp.com/www.stevenparkes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170928-420-e1506970579938.jpg?resize=970%2C490&ssl=1

Can you switch themes for a moment to see if that persists? If it does then it may be a plugin issue. If it fixes – then at least we would know that it’s a theme command forcing it to resize.

Is that plugin up to date? Looks like a js file is missing.

Ah! Looks like this is due to accessing certain web resources on different domains. It’s a security measure. This could be due to a permissions block needing the domain to be on a https server.

You may need to connect directly with your theme author on this one.

But another option could be to add an SSL to your site. This may resolve the issue. Or you I’ve heard you can effect this in your .htaccess file as well by using Access-Control-Allow-Origin “*”

I’m viewing your website in a FireFox browser.

Hello Jomasso – What icons on our site? Can you tell us where they’re located? I reviewed the website but do not see any Chinese letters.

Sometimes if your wrap your code in a paragraph tag you will solve the space issue. You’d need to go into your text editor mode again and apply the <p> and the </p> tags before and after your code. That should/ could fix the space issue.

We highly recommend trying to keep your plugin count to less than 12. We’ve noticed that the speed of the site, the security as well as the maintenance of the site is much more cumbersome if you’re running more than 12 or so.

This is really awesome info! Thanks for the answers.

The update to 4.6 could be conflicting currently with a plugin that might be sending out that email notification.

Are you receiving emails from other people to that email address? If so – the email is not the problem. The issue would be on your website.

What browser are you using to make these changes? Try using Chrome and see if you can successfully make changes.