csloisel

I would try a different browser and if it works any better.

Are non logged in users able to see the search feed posts that aren’t published? Because from the way you are describing your problem, your best solution might be to fix the query modification to work properly, not the rss feed.

What browser and browser version are you using?

You might want to look into a general php framework instead of a CMS/Blogging platform. I would just start with a framework like Laravel, and look for a getting started guide or tutorial and go from there.

This isn’t really a WordPress issue, you should really be reading the api documentation getting support from the api source. I really recommend just hiring a developer though since this is not really a task for an unexperienced developer.

Actually the divider shouldn’t be using a static id so use:

<?php
$rp_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'posts_per_page' => 3,
	'ignore_sticky_posts' => true
) );

?>
<!-- BEGIN BLOG CALL-OUT SECTION-->
<div id="blog_section" class="clearfix">

	<?php if ( $rp_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
		<div id="blog_posts_container" class="clearfix">

			<?php while ( $rp_query->have_posts() ) : $rp_query->the_post(); ?>
				<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('clearfix'); ?>>
					<div class="post-thumb-wrap image wow fadeIn" data-wow-duration=".5s" data-wow-delay=".5s">
						<?php the_post_thumbnail('full'); ?>
					</div>
					<p class="post-meta">
						<span class="date">Posted <?php the_time('m/j/y g:i A') ?></span>
					</p>
					<p class="post-header">
						<span class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></span>
					</p>
					<div class="post-content">
						<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
					</div>
				</div>

				<?php if ( $rp_query->current_post + 1 < $rp_query->post_count ) : ?>
					<img src="<?php get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/img/blog_divider.png" class="post-divider image" />
				<?php endif; ?>
			<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

		</div>
	<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<!-- END BLOG CALL-OUT SECTION-->

You could create an alternate header template without the sidebar markup to include where you want it. But I should point out that the sidebar in that theme essentially is the header, and it contains the site/title logo which would be gone if you removed the sidebar.

I would remove the <ul> wrapper, not sure why you added that there.