paulwpxp

The theme you are using loads bootstrap.css and so does the wp-flickr-gallery plugin being used. That is one problem. On top of that, they are different version of bootstrap.

To fix this is to inform the plugin author, maybe the plugin should check if theme or other plugin already loaded bootstrap.

Anyway, it’s impractical to expect two sites with different environments (in this case, one uses a plugin and the other one doesn’t) to display the same way.

This code in Appearance > Additional CSS will temporarily fix the layout.

.row.enigma_blog_wrapper, .enigma_header_breadcrum_title .row { 
	margin-left: 5%; 
	margin-right: 0; 
}

@media (min-width: 992px) {
	.row.enigma_blog_wrapper .col-md-4 {
	margin-left: 0px;
	width: 25%;
	}
}

Editing theme file is strongly not recommended, it risks ruining the site and all the changes will be lost when updating the theme. Changes or modification with php should be done via Childtheme or plugin.

This theme uses action hook to get the footer text displayed. We have to use php function to remove action. Doing that we have to dig into theme’s functions and use the same hook name. This kind of modification requires a child theme, or we can just wrap it in a plugin, but since the purpose is just to remove one line of text we can just go with CSS display none.

Use this code in Appearance > Additional CSS

.site-info .container { 
	display: none; 
}
.site-info:before { 
	content: "My copyright text goes here"; 
}

Replace “My copyright text goes here” with your own. There is one caveat, the added in text is via CSS content, this means it’s for display only, search engines don’t read it, users viewing the site can’t select this text.

Hi, this is not a problem installing WP, but rather how to set up a theme and how to mange the content. Please take some quality time learning how WordPress works.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

Focus on theme, how to choose/install theme, the difference between Post and Page, how to use sub-page, how to use tag/category, how to setup a static front page. And then you will be able to build a so called normal website.

Add this into Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS

.single-post .post-thumbnail { display: none; }

That’s the easiest way, but the page still loads image, it’s just hidden by CSS.

To not output image, we have to create a child theme and then override the template. If you want to go that route, here is the info on childtheme for starter

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Once you have your child theme working properly, you can ask question in theme’s support forum so that theme’s author or people who use this same theme can help accordingly.

CleanPortfolio theme support forum
https://wordpress.org/support/theme/cleanportfolio

Is there another way round this, aside from starting it all again?

Please see this youtube link

I don’t really think this is the case, but since we’ve checked all the common culprits already, also it’s just one line of code to be looked at, nothing to lose.

So, could I set up another site on my localhost and use the wordpress files I’ve already got?

Actually we do not need to re-do anything again, all your works will still be usable. I would reinstall core WP, keep wp-content folder, and database untouched, also make a backup copy of wp-config first

See detail in this link under the title: Manual Update
https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress

Doing the manual WP reinstall will rule out if the problem is a damaged core file that could have happened during the power cuts you mentioned.

The other thing that I can think of is the .htaccess file, it’s in the root directory. See to it that it doesn’t redirect to https. I would just make a copy of it first just for a backup, then delete it, WP will regenerate this file again when we access permalink setting in admin.

The page you work on doesn’t have sub menu yet (there is no menu with class .menu-item-has-children yet), please assign sub menu so that it shows in the page and then you can work on CSS, but mostly it will just work because most if not all WP themes do style the sub level list already.

See this page under this header: Creating Multi-level Menus
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

Please note that the link provided in the OP is not, and must not, be accessible for people not logged in. It’s for admin only.

To answer your question, the reason why you were unable to upload theme could be that it’s not a correct theme’s zip file. Sometimes when we bought or download a theme it comes in big zip with documentation and everything. What we need to upload is the theme’s zip file. Problem could occur when we upload a super big zip file and it timed out or exceeds server upload limit. So please make sure you upload the correct theme’s zip file. If you still have problem uploading, it could also be server setting that prevent uploading and that you should ask your hosting provider for support.

On a sidenote. I looked at your blog and it is perfect with the current theme in use. The other theme mentioned in the OP, with some kind of drag and drop page builder functionality is NOT easier to use than WP default theme. There are always pros and cons. Complex themes built for commercial purposes might look easier for users to build pages but it comes with long term headaches, when not used properly.

I would personally suggest not using that kind of theme. If you are not satisfy with current theme in use, try other theme that’s light and simple, or just do some modifications via functions or plugins to compliment it the way you like. This will go a long way.