Jess

This question is really unanswerable, because so much depends upon a developers personal workflow, and on each site’s level of customization. Time can also be eaten up with you start with a theme that needs lots and lots of work, vs finding a theme that already has what you need and is well-coded.

I’ve gotten pretty good at estimating for myself how much time it will take me to deliver specific projects, but only after a lot of experience. And with WordPress, often an update to the core can change the way things have to be done, which changes the learning curve. I have also found that each site’s requirements teach me at least one new thing about WordPress that I can use later without as much research or tinkering time, so I get faster with each project.

So, the only way to figure this out for yourself, I think, is to work on a bunch of projects and see how long they take you. Being new to WordPress means your learning curve is going to be a bit longer than others who have been doing it for years.

Try these steps first:

• flush any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches.
• deactivate all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
• If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin (read this page if you need help).
• switch to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
• If you can’t log in to change themes, you can remove the theme folders via FTP so the only one is twentyeleven. That will force your site to use it.
• manual upgrade. When all else fails, download a fresh copy of the latest.zip file of 3.5 (top right on this page) to your computer, and use that to copy up. You may need to delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folders on your server. Read the Manual Update directions first.
• check the Master List to see if you’re experiencing a known issue: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-35-master-list

You’ll need to export your content, and then import it to where you want it.

In order to move that one price box up, you’d have to move the whole div containing the other columns up as well – or you can try to define a new div for just that image, floated right with no padding at the top. It’s the “entry-content” class on line 769 of your stylesheet that is giving you the padding.

What do you mean by corrupted? On the links you’ve provided, they look great.

However, if you want to be able to add images directly from the server to your Media Library, the Add From Server plugin is very useful. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-from-server/

Have you done a manual re-install – not just restoring a backup? Download a fresh copy of the latest.zip file (top right on this page) to your computer, and use that to copy up. You may need to manually delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folders on your server. Read the Manual Update directions first.

Support for the Arras theme can be found here:

http://www.arrastheme.com/forums/

You’re more likely to find an answer by searching, or ask for help there.