futurepocket

The script is trying pull off the wrong location, just add a forward slash to wp-content… like this:

/wp-content/themes/dariel-EmptyCanvas/images/random/rotate.php

instead of:

wp-content/themes/dariel-EmptyCanvas/images/random/rotate.php

That should fix it.

If you are trying to create a page totally independent (excluding the header and footer), you can either put your wordpress files in a separate folder such as http://yourdomain.com/blog

Or, you can create a page with a custom template, and use that as your front page. Read this guide: http://joe-riggs.com/blog/2009/07/create-blank-page-for-wordpress-blog-using-your-theme-template/

Alternatively, you can use this code:

<?php
/*
Template Name: My Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content">

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

[ your markup goes here ]

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Remove the get sidebar, get footer and get header, and also the div id content and just add your own markup within the page. Then call that template when creating the page and make it your main page.

I wouldn’t add line breaks, try adding the image and the text you want to display beside it in a table.

Try this:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-context/

Should be just what you’re looking for!

This would actually require a lot of work and isn’t as easy as it sounds. You would need to modify your theme files to point to featured image for both sections of your theme (which I believe is outdated by this point). You can integrate the post thumbnail (featured image) function in your theme by adding a function:
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

BUT, this doesn’t necessarily mean it will replace both those images on your page, depends how your theme is calling them.