Title: Modifying a theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Modifying a theme

 *  [philsy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsy/)
 * (@philsy)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-a-theme-3/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve built a website using the Autos theme from Frog Themes: [http://www.findaporsche.com/](http://www.findaporsche.com/)
   
   I’m generally very happy with it (although it’s still a work in progress). However,
   I would like to be able to customize the theme a bit. In particular:
 * 1, I’d like to lose the default search box on the left-hand side of the homepage(
   I don’t need this) and replace it with some friendly intro text.
 * 2, I’d like to be able to make the slides on the homepage clickable so they link
   to the relevant page.
 * How easy would this be to do for someone with little experience of web design(
   i.e. me!).
 * Cheers
 * Phi

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-a-theme-3/#post-2645891)
 * Nice looking site.
 * As that’s a commercial theme, and we don’t support those here, please head over
   to the vendor’s site and post the question there.
 * [http://www.frogsthemes.com/support/](http://www.frogsthemes.com/support/)
 *  Thread Starter [philsy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsy/)
 * (@philsy)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-a-theme-3/#post-2645902)
 * Thanks for the reply. I didn’t realize you couldn’t help with commercial sites.
 * I have contacted Frog and was told to edit the HTML in the sidebar. Useful to
   an extent but I’m not sure what to put in its place.
 * Cheers
 * Phil
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-a-theme-3/#post-2645911)
 * > I didn’t realize you couldn’t help with commercial sites.
 * Sometimes we can, but the majority of the time we just do not have access to 
   those themes.
 * General advice we do provide but you’ve got a complex looking theme. I don’t 
   think generic advice will work for you.
 * Also, while I do not know if that vendor is GPL or not, we _want_ GPL theme providers
   to be successful and make a living. Part of their business model is providing
   support which you paid for and we do not want to undermine them.
 *  Thread Starter [philsy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsy/)
 * (@philsy)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modifying-a-theme-3/#post-2645928)
 * Thanks, that’s understandable.
 * Cheers
 * Phil

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