I was under the impression that if you made changes to the child theme they were not also made to the parent theme.
you are right - i don't know what the text refers to.
1. I want to make the tags that appear at the end of each post invisible. Is this easily doable, pls?
try and start with adding this to style.css of your child theme:
.tag-links { display: none; }
if you want to remove the tags links from single posts, copy content-single.php into your child theme; edit it and find:
$utility_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s and tagged %2$s by <a href="%6$s">%5$s</a>. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', 'twentyeleven' );
change to:
$utility_text = __( 'This entry was posted in %1$s by <a href="%6$s">%5$s</a>. Bookmark the <a href="%3$s" title="Permalink to %4$s" rel="bookmark">permalink</a>.', 'twentyeleven' );
2. Can I easily decrease the size of the header (especially the depth)?
add this to functions.php of your child theme (if you don't have a functions.php in you r child theme, create one and put <?php at the beginning):
//after theme setup section
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'twentyeleven_child_theme_setup' );
function twentyeleven_child_theme_setup() {
define( 'HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH', apply_filters( 'twentyeleven_header_image_width', 1000 ) );
define( 'HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT', apply_filters( 'twentyeleven_header_image_height', 160 ) );
}
3. Can I get rid of the blog title and subtitle from the top of the page and 'float' (superimpose) it over a customised header image?
add this to style.css of your child theme:
#branding { position: relative; }
#branding hgroup { position: absolute; top: 0px; }
4. Alternatively, could I make the whole header a clickable link, and 'hide' the blog title, while still having it there so search engines can continue to pick it up?
the header is clickable by default; under 'dashboard' 'apperance' 'header' tick 'display text' [no]
5. Can I reduce the depth of the white area above the header? Or get rid of it entirely?
#page { margin-top: 0; }
6. Is it easily possible to move the 'Search' box down so it is 'floating' (superimposed) over the header - say, in the top right corner?
comes automatically with fix no.3; don't do fix no.4
7. Can I get rid of the Comment bubble and just have a text link (eg: 'Add a Comment' or 'Reply') next to the blog post date?
get rid of comment bubble:
.entry-header .comments-link{ display: none; }
copy content.php into your child theme; edit it and locate:
<?php twentyeleven_posted_on(); ?>
directly after it, for instance, add:
<?php if ( comments_open() ) : echo ' - '; comments_popup_link( 'Add a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); endif; ?>
open to improvements
