StartupWP

Sounds good.

For more advanced features outside of what the theme offers, we’d recommend checking out a plugin like:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

Make sure to set your menu custom:

https://startupwp.com/topic/setting-a-custom-menu/

Okay, here you go:

https://startupwp.com/downloads/support/startuppro-child%28uendi%29.zip

Just tested and it’s working.

We’ve left a blank line before and after the widget code in footer.php, so you know what chunk of code to move around if you want different placement.

Looks like all it needed was the closing ?>, so:

<?php
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'startup_widgets_init_child' );
function startup_widgets_init_child() {
register_sidebar( array (
'name' => __('Footer Widget Area 2', 'startup' ),
'id' => 'footer-widget-area-2',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget-container %2$s">',
'after_widget' => "</li>",
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );
}
?>

Here’s a full working example:

https://startupwp.com/downloads/support/startuppro-child%28adding-new-widget-area%29.zip

Remember, since you already have a child theme installed, you cannot simply install this new one. Make sure to combine all your child theme customizations into one child theme and upload via FTP.

Under Appearance > Themes please double-check whether you have the free or pro version activated. The Blank template is only in StartupPro, just tested and it’s still working. Also, there’s nothing in the new update that should have any effect on custom templates.

There was a recent WP update that could possibly be conflicting with one of your plugins. Please try deactivating all plugins and clearing all caches.

You’ll just need to adjust the CSS a bit, copy and paste the following to the Custom CSS area in your theme options:

#contact label {
  width: 100px;
}

https://startupwp.com/topic/customizing-your-theme/

Absolutely, you’ll continue to be able to update the parent theme without disturbance from the child theme.

1. Make sure to make changes locally before uploading via FTP and always keep a vanilla copy of files on hand.

You’ll want to download a fresh copy of the theme, unzip, grab the vanilla functions.php file and upload over the edited one.

2. This may have something to do with the menu plugin you’re using. Can we see a screenshot of your Appearance > Menus settings please.

1. This is something you’ll need to post here http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-mega-menu – Where the creator(s) of the plugin should be able to help you.

2. Edit your menu under Appearance > Menus. Make sure to either delete out “Privacy Policy” from the menu or uncheck the box “Automatically Add New Top-level Pages”.

Now for creating new widget areas:

– You’ll need to first copy over functions.php from the parent theme to your child theme

– Open it up and find:

register_sidebar( array (
'name' => __('Footer Widget Area', 'startup' ),
'id' => 'footer-widget-area',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget-container %2$s">',
'after_widget' => "</li>",
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );

– Simply duplicate below and change to say:

register_sidebar( array (
'name' => __('Footer Widget Area 2', 'startup' ),
'id' => 'footer-widget-area-2',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget-container %2$s">',
'after_widget' => "</li>",
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );

– Now, copy over footer.php to the child theme, open it up and add wherever you want the widget area to appear:

<div id="footer-sidebar">
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar('footer-widget-area-2') ) : ?>
<div id="fsidebar" class="widget-area">
<ul class="sid">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('footer-widget-area-2'); ?>
</ul>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

– You can now find it under Appearance > Widgets to add widgets to

Repeat for any other widget areas you want to add.

1. Use:

footer {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #000000;
  height: 30px;
  padding: 1px 0 65px;
}
footer a, #copyright {
  color: #888888;
  text-decoration: none !important;
  text-shadow: none !important;
}

2. Try utilizing the footer area under Appearance > Widgets.

3. Hold tight, and we’ll get back to you with a solution for this.

4. This might be something you’ll want to ask here as we’re not savvy to the plugin or how it works:

http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-mega-menu

“One more thing, is do I need to create anything on the page, like what you mention, create a page called All Category and set it to Grid Template…?”

Nope, just leave the page content blank.

Right there under Appearance > Menus, you can actually assign the footer menu to the footer from the dropdown option, the same way you can set the main menu.

2. You could try:

#menu-my-list-of-categories .sub-menu {
  display: none !important;
}
#menu-my-list-of-categories li:hover .sub-menu {
  display: block !important;
}

OR

#menu-my-list-of-categories .sub-menu {
  display: none !important;
}
#menu-my-list-of-categories li:active .sub-menu {
  display: inline !important;
}

OR

#menu-my-list-of-categories .sub-menu {
  display: none !important;
}
#menu-my-list-of-categories li:active .sub-menu {
  display: block !important;
}

3b. Looking at your screen (http://prntscr.com/19x7p9), see where the following line for example is:

<p>Name *<br />

Update to:

<p>Name <span class="aster">*</span><br />

4. Something like this?:

.widget-container {
  min-height: 200px;
}
#menu-my-list-of-categories li a {
  border: 1px solid #666666;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 3px 0;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  width: 80%;
}

All CSS provided can be placed in your child theme.