mitchellrw

Here are the codes.. maybe this will make it easier to answer my question.

style.css

/*
Theme Name: Sero
Theme URI: http://www.churchwebdeveloper.com/sero/
Description: A revolutionary WordPress theme for Churches. Featuring: robust control panel, native events, custom navigtion, many backgrounds, color variants, sermon slideshow, announcement images, widgetized sidebar option and much more.
Version: 1
Author: Aaron Robbins - ChurchWebDeveloper.com
Author URI: http://www.churchwebdeveloper.com
Tags: church, ministry, events, slideshow, carousel, widgets, custom background, custom header, fixed width, two column, control panel
*/

/* Global reset */
*, html, body, div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, label, fieldset, input, p, blockquote, th, td {
    margin:0; padding:0
    }

table {
    border-collapse:collapse;
    border-spacing:0;
    }

fieldset, img {
    border:0
    }

address, caption, cite, code, dfn, em, strong, th, var {
    font-style:normal; font-weight:normal
    }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    font-size:100%
    }

strong {
    font-weight:700
    }

em {
    font-style:italic
    }

* a {
    position:relative
    }

a {
    text-decoration:none
    }

a img {
    border:none
    }

/* Clear */
.clear{
    clear:both;
    height:1px;
    font-size:1px;
    border:none;
    background:transparent;
    overflow:hidden;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    }

/* Hide */
.hiddencontent {
	display:none;
	}

/* Default Links */
a:link {
    color:#777;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

a:visited {
    color:#777;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

a:hover {
    color:#CCC;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

a:active {
    color:#777;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

/* Layout */
body{
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    text-align:center;
    font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", "Verdana", sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.6em;
    vertical-align: top;
    /* background set in theme options */
    color:#EFEFEF;
    }

    /* (header.php) */
    #header{
        width:800px;
        margin:0 auto;
        margin-top:2em;
        background:#000;
        text-align:left;
        }

        #header-logo{
            width:530px;
            float:left;
            padding:20px 10px;
            overflow:hidden;
            }

            #header-logo h1{
                padding:2px 0px;
                font-size:28px;
                }

              #header-logo h1 a:link {
                color:#EEE;
                }

              #header-logo h1 a:visited {
                color:#EEE;
                }

              #header-logo h1 a:hover {
                color:#AAA;
                text-decoration:none;
                }

              #header-logo h1 a:active {
                color:#EEE;
                }

            #header-logo h5{
                padding:3px 0px;
                font-size:14px;
                color:#777;
                }

        #header-search{
            width:230px;
            float:right;
            padding:10px;
            text-align:right;
            }

            /* (searchform.php) */
            #searchform{
                padding-top:10%;
                }

            #searchform input{
                background:#444;
                font-size:14px;
                padding:2px;
                }

                .search-input{
                    border:1px solid #4E4E4E;
                    color:#999;
                    }

                .search-submit{
                    border:2px solid #222;
                    color:#BBB;
                    }

    /* Main Templates */
    #content{
        width:800px;
        margin:0 auto;
        text-align:left;
        background:#000 url(images/content-bg.jpg) repeat-y top left;
        }

        #content-left{
            width:535px;
            float:left;
            padding-left:5px;
            }
 #content-navigation{
                position:relative;
                display:block;
                height:26px;
                font-size:11px;
                font-weight:bold;
                /* Set in header */
                background:transparent url(images/content-navigation-bg-seagreen.gif) repeat-x top left;
                font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvitica,sans-serif;
                border-bottom:1px solid #444;
                }

                /* Content Navigation */
                #content-navigation ul{
                    margin:0px;
                    padding:0;
                    list-style-type:none;
                    width:auto;
                    }

                #content-navigation ul li{
                    display:block;
                    float:left;
                    margin:0;
                    }

                #content-navigation ul li a{
                    display:block;
                    float:left;
                    color:#fff;
                    text-decoration:none;
                    padding:1px 12px 0 12px;
                    height:25px;
                    /* Set in header */
                    background:transparent url(images/content-navigation-divider-seagreen.gif) no-repeat top right;
                    }

                #content-navigation ul li a:hover{
                    color:#fff;
                    /* Set in header */
                    background:#00423e url(images/content-navigation-divider-seagreen.gif) no-repeat top right;
                    }

                    /* Current page & current cat in header */

            #content-area{
                padding:2.5em 20px;
                background:#f7f7f7 url(images/content-area-bg.jpg) no-repeat top center;
                }

            /* (index.php) */
            #index-graphic{
                width:535px;
                background:#000;
                }

                .pics { height: 260px; width: 535px; padding:0; margin:0; overflow: hidden;}
                .pics img { height: 260px; width: 535px; top:0; left:0 }

            /* (page.php) */
            #page-graphic {
                width:535px;
                height:100px;
                background:#000;
                }

            /* Post - Page Content */
            hr{
                margin: 0px;
	            padding: 0px;
                border:0;
                height:2px;
                color:#CCC;
                background-color:#CCC;
                border-bottom:1px solid #fff;
                margin-bottom:1em;
            }

            .post p{
                margin:0 0 1.2em 0;
                }

            .post ul, .post ol{
                list-style-position:inside;
                padding-bottom:1.2em;
                }

            #post-meta{
                background:#EEEEEE;
                padding:.7em 1em;
                font-size:10px;
                color:#555;
                }

            .posts-navigation{
                padding:1em 0;
                height:40px;
                }

            html > body .posts-navigation{
                height:auto;
                }

            /* single.php */
            #comments{
                margin-top:1em;
                background:#f7f7f7;
                height:100px;
                }

            html > body #comments{
                height:auto;
                }

            /* comments.php */
            #comments ul{
                list-style-type:none;
                margin-bottom:1em;
                }

            #comments li{
                margin:10px 0;
                padding:10px;
                border:1px solid #E2E2E2;
                height:50px;
                }

            html > body #comments li{
                height:auto;
                }

            #comments .odd{
                 background:#FEFEFE;
                }

            #comments .even{
                 background:#F1F1F1;
                }

            #comment-form{
                margin:20px 0;
                }

            #comment-form h3{
                padding-bottom:.5em;
                }

            #comment-form p{
                padding-bottom:1em;
                }

            #comment-form input, #comment-form textarea{
                padding:4px;
                background:#FFF;
                border:1px solid #CCC;
                font-size:16px;
                }

                /* archive.php */
                #archive{
                    padding-bottom:1em;
                    }

                #post-events ul{
                    list-style-type:none;
                    }

                #post-events li{
                    padding:10px 0 20px 0;
                    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
                    }

                #post-events .end-list{
                    border:0;
                    }

                #post-events a{
                    font-size:22px;
                    }

                /* archives.php */
                #archives-lists{
                    margin-top:1em;
                    }

                #archives-lists ul{
                    list-style-position:inside;
                    }

        /* Main Templates */
        #content-right{
            width:260px;
            float:left;
            }

            /* (sidebar.php) */
            #sidebar{
                width:255px;
                padding-right:5px;
                }

            #sidebar-big-links {
                /* set in header */
                background:#000 url(images/sidebar-big-links-bg-seagreen.jpg) no-repeat top right;
                }

            #sidebar-big-links ul{
                list-style-type:none;
                }

            #sidebar-big-links li{
                width:225px;
                height:40px;
                padding:15px 10px 5px 20px;
                overflow:hidden;
                }

            #sidebar-subscribe{
                height:30px;
                padding:10px 0px 0px 25px;
                background:#000 url(images/sidebar-subscribe-bg.jpg) no-repeat top right;
                overflow:hidden;
                color:#777;
                }

            #sidebar-subscribe img{
                border:0;
                padding:0px 4px 0px 10px;
                display:inline;
                vertical-align:middle;
                }

                /* Sidebar Navigation */
                #sidebar-navigation{
                    position:relative;
                    display:block;
                    height:25px;
                    font-size:11px;
                    font-weight:bold;
                    /* Set in header */
                    background:#009999;
                    font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvitica,sans-serif;
                    }

                   #sidebar-navigation ul{
                        margin:0px;
                        padding:0;
                        list-style-type:none;
                        width:auto;
                        }

                    #sidebar-navigation ul li{
                        display:block;
                        float:left;
                        margin:0;
                        }

                    #sidebar-navigation ul li a{
                        display:block;
                        float:left;
                        color:#fff;
                        text-decoration:none;
                        padding:2px 15px 0 15px;
                        height:23px;
                        /* Set in header */
                        background:#009999;
                        }

                    #sidebar-navigation ul li a:hover, #sidebar-navigation ul li a.current{
                        color:#fff;
                        background:#3B3B3B;
                        text-decoration:none;
                        }

                #sidebar-events, #sidebar-news, #sidebar-widgets{
                    width:215px;
                    padding:10px 20px;
                    background:#d9f3f1 url(images/sidebar-events-news-bg.jpg) repeat-y top left;
                    }

                    #sidebar-news ul, #sidebar-events ul, #sidebar-widgets ul, #sidebar-widgets ul li ul{
                        list-style-type:none;
                        }

                    #sidebar-news li, #sidebar-events li, #sidebar-widgets li{
                        padding:4px 0;
                        }

                        #sidebar-news li.start-list, #sidebar-events li.start-list{
                            border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;
                            }

                        #sidebar-news li.mid-list, #sidebar-events li.mid-list{
                            border-top:1px solid #FFF;
                            border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;
                            }

                        #sidebar-widgets ul li ul li{
                            color:#444;
                            border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;
                            }

                        #sidebar-news li.end-list, #sidebar-events li.end-list{
                            border-top:1px solid #FFF;
                            }

    /* (footer.php) */
    #footer{
        width:800px;
        margin:0 auto;
        text-align:left;
        background:#000;
        }

        .footer-box{
            width:180px;
            float:left;
            margin:10px 5px 5px 5px;
            }

        html>body .footer-box{
            margin:10px 9px 5px 9px;
            }

        .footer-box img{
            padding:2px;
            border:1px solid #444;
            }

  /* Footer Navigation */
  #footer-navigation{
    width:780px;
    margin:0 auto;
    text-align:center;
    border-top:1px solid #222;
    border-bottom:1px solid #222;
    }

  #footer-navigation ul{
      list-style-type:none;
      width:auto;
      }

  #footer-navigation ul li{
      display:inline;
      margin:0;
      }

  #footer-navigation ul li a{
      color:#999;
      text-decoration:none;
      padding-right:30px;
      font-size:11px;
      }

  #footer-navigation ul li a:hover{
      color:#DDD;
      text-decoration:underline;
      }

    #copyright{
        width:780px;
        margin:0 auto;
        margin-bottom:1em;
        padding:10px;
        text-align:center;
        }

    #copyright p{
        padding-bottom:.5em;
        }

    .footer-phone{
        padding-left:25px;
        }

/* H2 */
.post h2{
    line-height:1.1em;
    font-family:georgia, times new roman, serif;
    font-size:28px;
    padding-bottom:.5em;
    }

.post h2 a:link {
    color:#242424;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

.post h2 a:visited {
    color:#242424;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

.post h2 a:hover {
    color:#444;
    text-decoration:underline;
    }

.post h2 a:active {
    color:#242424;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

#sidebar-big-links a{
    font-size:24px;
    font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;
    }

#sidebar-big-links a:link {
    color:#FFF;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

#sidebar-big-links a:visited {
    color:#FFF;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

#sidebar-big-links a:hover {
    color:#BFCDD7;
    text-decoration:underline;
    }

#sidebar-big-links a:active {
    color:#FFF;
    text-decoration:none;
    }

/* Text Size */
.normal{
    font-size:14px;
    }

.small{
    font-size:12px;
    }

.smaller{
    font-size:11px;
    }

.big{
    font-size:18px;
    }

/* Text Colors */
.gray{
    color: #555;
}

.light-gray{
    color:#AAA;
    }

.dark-gray{
    color:#333;
    }

here is the file for Header.PHP

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
    <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
	    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
	    <title>
              <?php
              if (is_home()){
                bloginfo('name'); echo " | "; bloginfo('description');
              }
              elseif (is_category()){
                single_cat_title(); echo " | "; bloginfo('name');
              }
              elseif (is_single() || is_page()) {
                single_post_title(); echo " | "; bloginfo('name');
              }
              elseif (is_search()){
                bloginfo('name'); echo " | Search Results: "; echo wp_specialchars($s);
              }
              else {
                wp_title('',true);
              }
              ?>
        </title>
	    <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats -->
	    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
	    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
	    <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
	    <?php wp_head(); ?>
        <?php
        global $options;
        foreach ($options as $value) {
            if (get_option($value['id']) === FALSE) {
                $$value['id'] = $value['std'];
            }
            else {
                $$value['id'] = get_option($value['id']);
            }
        }
        ?>
        <script type="text/javascript">
        $jQuery = jQuery.noConflict();
        $jQuery(function() {
            $jQuery('#index-graphic').cycle({
                height:260,
                sync: 1,
                pause: 1,
                timeout:  <?php echo $sero_fp_speed; ?>,
                speed:  1500,
                delay: -2000
            });

            $jQuery.jtabber({
			    mainLinkTag: "#sidebar-navigation a", // much like a css selector, you must have a 'title' attribute that links to the div id name
			    activeLinkClass: "current", // class that is applied to the tab once it's clicked
			    hiddenContentClass: "hiddencontent", // the class of the content you are hiding until the tab is clicked
			    showDefaultTab: 1, // 1 will open the first tab, 2 will open the second etc.  null will open nothing by default
			    showErrors: true, // true/false - if you want errors to be alerted to you
			    effect: 'slide', // null, 'slide' or 'fade' - do you want your content to fade in or slide in?
			    effectSpeed: 'medium' // 'slow', 'medium' or 'fast' - the speed of the effect
		    });
        });
        </script>
        <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
        function changeFontSize(inc)
        {
          var p = document.getElementsByTagName('p');
          for(n=0; n<p.length; n++) {
            if(p[n].style.fontSize) {
               var size = parseInt(p[n].style.fontSize.replace("px", ""));
            } else {
               var size = 14;
            }
            p[n].style.fontSize = size+inc + 'px';
           }
        }
        </script>
        <?php
        switch ($sero_color_variant) {
          case "seagreen":
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#009999";
              break;
          case "red":
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#990000";
              break;
          case "blue":
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#006699";
              break;
          case "green":
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#006633";
              break;
          case "gray":
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#676767";
              break;
          default:
              $sero_color_variant_hex = "#009999";
        }
        ?>
        <style type="text/css">
            body {
                background:#180f07 url(<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/backgrounds/<?php echo $sero_background; ?>) repeat-x top left;
                }

            #sidebar-big-links {
                background:#000 url(<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/sidebar-big-links-bg-<?php echo $sero_color_variant; ?>.jpg) no-repeat top right;
                }

            #content-navigation{
                background:transparent url(<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/content-navigation-bg-<?php echo $sero_color_variant; ?>.gif) repeat-x top left;
                }

            #content-navigation ul li a{
                background:transparent url(<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/content-navigation-divider-<?php echo $sero_color_variant; ?>.gif) no-repeat top right;
                }

            #content-navigation ul li a:hover, #content-navigation .current-cat a, #content-navigation .current-cat a:hover, #content-navigation .current_page_item  a, #content-navigation .current_page_item  a:hover {
                background:#00423e url(<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/content-navigation-divider-<?php echo $sero_color_variant; ?>.gif) no-repeat top right;
                }

            #sidebar-navigation{
                background:<?php echo $sero_color_variant_hex; ?>;
                }

            #sidebar-navigation ul li a{
                background:<?php echo $sero_color_variant_hex; ?>;
                }
        </style>
    </head>
<body>
<div id="header">
    <div id="header-logo">
        <?php
        if ($sero_logo == "none" || $sero_logo == "" || !$sero_logo){
        ?>
            <h1><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></h1>
            <h5><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></h5>
        <?php
        }
        else{
        ?>
            <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">
                <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/logo/<?php echo $sero_logo; ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); echo " | "; bloginfo('description'); ?>" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); echo " | "; bloginfo('description'); ?>" />
            </a>
        <?php
        }
        ?>
    </div>
    <div id="header-search">
        <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="clear"></div>

</div>

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />

I can’t even display the “sample” images that are included in the theme. I tried reinstalling the theme but that didn’t work either. The footer images work.

Yeah I don’t know what’s up w/him taking the site down. The owner’s name is Aaron Robbins. He hasn’t updated his blog since December ( http://www.aaronrobbins.com ) still updates his twitter though ( http://twitter.com/aaronrobbins ) and no, I’m not stocking him, I just went looking for info on what happened to Sero. I didn’t find any
Maybe he is like a lot of creative types and just has a short attention span?

I am working through my hosting company (1and1)
I go to “mysql admin” then click “phpmyadmin” next to the mysql database which lets me edit on “phpmyadmin.1and1.com”
That’s about all I know. I see “wp_options” listed as the 3rd option down. and it gives me options to “browse, structure, search, insert, etc”

This is where I get stuck. Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Will

Simon, I have been waiting for an “ultimate solution.” I’m glad to see you found one but now I need a little help implementing it.

where do I go to edit the wp_options table? Is that in the main wordpress folder? do I update it then FTP it over.. I’m totally new at this and I don’t want to have to change themes, so any help you can give would be appreciated. thanks.