Coding Question

[Eleanor]

Totally not studio press related, my client had a site custom made for her. Of course the designer used a free template and coded away...

Recently the blog posts are not showing up and she asked for my help.
This is what I've done:
1. deactivated plugins cuz we know they don't always play nice and to my dismay no blog posts
2. backedup the site and upgraded to newest version of wordpress
3. tried to create a new blog page and have it added in navigation lol that was a scary joke deformed and no blog posts.

I am thinking important code got deleted.. But then I'm a little frustrated because yeah I would love to have the coding skills to make everything look a certain way but here theme is not widget friendly and she has not control all she can really do is go in a post. Now she does have her hosting but this should of been an easy fix, I think.. Or maybe I'm talking out of my tush cuz this is new territory for me.

Any thoughts or opinions?

/*
Theme Name: 
Theme URI: http://www.xxxxxx.net
Description: wordpress theme for xxxxxx
Version: 1.2
Author: 
Author URI: 
Tags: business, professional
*/

/*
COLORS

#F7E8D4 - Tan Bkg
#b4792c - light brown
#302c32 - Nav Text Gray
#5a2049 - logo purple
#6a195a - bright purple
*/

/* @import "style/css/reset.css";
@import "style/css/typography.css";
@import "style/css/layout.css"; */

* {
    margin:0;
}

html, body {
    height: 100%;
}
body  {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    background-color: #F7E8D4;
    background-image:url(style/images/xxxxxx-bg-tile.jpg);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    text-align:center;
    color: #333333;
}
h2 {
    font-size:110%;
    margin-top:10px;
}
h4 {
    font-size:90%;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    color:#5a2049;
    text-align:center;
}
h4.main {
    margin-bottom:15px;

}
p {
    margin:10px;
}
ul {
    padding-left:0;
}
img {
    border:none;
}
a {
    color:#5a2049;
}
.floatRight {
    float:right;
}

.clearFloat {
    clear:both;
}
.alignRight {
    text-align:right;
}


#wrapOut {
    min-height: 100%;
    height: auto !important;
    height: 100%; /* negative margin equal to full height of footer */
    width:800px;
    text-align:left;
    background-image: url(style/images/xxxxx-bg.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: -50px;
    margin-left: auto;
    padding-right: 81px;
    padding-left: 81px;
}
#wrapIn {
    margin:0;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    padding-top:10px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
    position: relative;
}

#logo {
    padding:10px 10px 10px 32px;
}

#header {
    padding:10px 10px 10px;
    background-color: #6a195a;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    width: 750px;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-left: auto;
    
    
}
#headerSlideshow {
    background-color:#5a2049;
    height: 230px;
    background-image: url(style/images/slideshow-bg.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
#headerContact {    
    float: right;
    margin-right:50px;
    margin-top: 20px;    
    font-size:190%;
    color:#5a2049;
    font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;    
}
.contactEmail {
    font-size:14px;
    text-align:center;
    margin-top:-13px;
}
#headerContact a {
    text-decoration:none;
}
#headerContact a:hover {
    color:#a739a7;
    text-decoration:none;
}


/************* NAVIGATION ************/

#nav {    
    height:25px;
    padding:12px 0px 0px 15px;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    font-size:83%;
    text-align:center;
    background-image: url(style/images/nav-bar-bg-tile.png);
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
}
#nav a {
    color:#302c32;
    text-decoration:none;
}
#nav a:hover {
    color:#a739a7;
    text-decoration:none;
    position: relative;
}
#nav li {
    display:inline;
    margin-right:6px;
    padding-right:10px;
    border-right-width: 1px;
    border-right-style: solid;
    border-right-color: #666666;
}
#nav li:last-child {
    display:inline;
    margin-right:6px;
    padding-right:10px;
    border: none;
}
/* ********************************* */


#contentSidebar {
    float: right;
    width: 300px;
}
#wpcf7-f1-p2-o1 {
    
    width: 300px;
    position: absolute;
    left: 435px;
}

#contentWrap {
    background-color:#FFFFFF;
    padding:0 20px 20px 20px;
    min-height: 300px;    
}
#contentMain {
    margin-right:350px;
    padding-top:0;
    position: relative;    
}
#contentMain ul {
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: 1em;
}
#contentMain li {
    font-size:90%;
    margin:1em 1em 1em 15px;
}
#contentMain p, #contentFull p {
    font-size:85%;
}
#contentSidebar p {
    font-size:80%;
}
#sidebarShaded {
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #E7E7E7;
    font-size: 100%;
}
#sidebarSearch {
    margin-bottom:15px;
}
#sidebarTestimonial {
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-bottom-color: #666666;
    margin-bottom:15px;
}


/* POSTS */
div.post {
    margin-bottom:20px;    
}
.postBar {
    background-color:#F7E8D4;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-bottom-style: solid;
    border-bottom-color: #666666;
}
.postBar h2 {
    font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
    font-size:110%;
    font-weight:normal;
    padding:3px 0 3px 40px;
}
.post h2 img {
    position: absolute;
    margin-top:-12px;
    margin-left:-32px;
    
}
.post h2 a {
    color:#5a2049;
    text-decoration:none;
}

.postDate {
    font-size:65%;
    padding-left: 40px;
    margin-bottom:-10px;
}






/* FOOTER */
.push {
    height:65px;
    clear: both; /* Multicolumn Layout with Sticky Footer */
}
#footer {
    height:50px;
    background-color:#5a2049;
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: #E7E7E7;
    padding: 10px;
    font-size: 80%;
}

/************* SLIDER ************/
#slider ul, #slider li{
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    list-style:none;
    }
#slider {
    margin-left:20px;
    margin-top:20px;
}
#slider, #slider li{ 
    width:300px;
    height:200px;
    overflow:hidden; 
    }
span#prevBtn{}
span#nextBtn{}
#slider p {
    margin:o;
}



/**************** pagination ******************/
.pagination {
   position: relative;
   height: 1.5em;
   }
   
.pagination a {
    color:#5a2049;
    font-size:80%;
    text-transform:uppercase;
}

.paginationLeft {
   position: absolute;
   left: 0;
   width: 50%;
   }

.paginationRight {
   position: absolute;
   right: 0;
   width: 50%;
   text-align: right; /* depends on element width */
   }
   
.paginationBottom {
    border-top-width: 1px;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-color: #CCCCCC;
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding-top: 5px;
} 
   
   
/**************** mp3Player ******************/   
#mp3Player {
    
    margin:10px 15px;
}
#mp3Player h4 {
    margin-bottom:30px;
}
#mp3Player a {
    color:#5a2049;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    font-size:70%;    
}


/************* .wpcf7 contact form ***************/
div.wpcf7 {
    
}
.formRequired {
    color:#990000;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    font-size:8px;
}

/********************** social icons *************/
#socialIcons {
    text-align:right;
    margin-top:10px;
    text-align:center;
}
#socialIcons img {
    margin:5px;
}




img.centered {
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    }

img.alignright {
    padding: 4px;
    margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
    display: inline;
    }

img.alignleft {
    padding: 4px;
    margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
    display: inline;
    }
    
/************************* Media Page ***************************/
#mediaLeft {
    float:left;
    width:330px;
    padding:0 20px;
    border-right-width: 1px;
    border-right-style: solid;
    border-right-color: #CCCCCC;    
    
}
#mediaRight {
    float:right;
    width:330px;
    padding:0 20px;
    
}

#newsletters ul {
    list-style-type:none;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left:50px;
}
#newsletters li {
    margin-bottom:15px;
}
#newsletters li img {
    position:absolute;
    margin-left:-30px;
}

/************************************ *********/
#clipNote {
    position:absolute;
    left: 418px;
    top: -63px;
}
#clipNote .paperclip {
    position:absolute;
    left:314px;
    top: 0px;
}

#sidebarNews ul {
    list-style-type:none;
}

/************ ************/

[violet]

Originally Posted by Eleanor

Totally not studio press related, my client had a site custom made for her. Of course the designer used a free template and coded away...

Recently the blog posts are not showing up and she asked for my help.

/************ ************/

What happened recently? Do you mean that the posts that she created recently aren't showing up or that none of the posts that were on the site are not showing up?

I'm not sure about #3. on your list. You created a new blog page -- meaning you have a template in this theme that displays posts from a category or categories...?

Without looking at the theme files, and with the theme not being a StudioPress theme, I'm not sure we can be of much help. The CSS doesn't have anything to do with the posts displaying.

[Jon]

I'm going to assume the CSS doesn't have much to do with it.

Honestly, the only was is to look at all of the files and figure out what's what. You may want to contact one of our recommended designers for assistance as this is out of the realm of our technical support.

[Eleanor]

Thanks John and Violet,

I activated another theme and the blog posts showed up, so I am going to install the Corporate child/ Genesis theme and redo it basically.

If for some reason it still acts up then I will refer my client on ;0)

Thank you for responding..

Eleanor