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@carolemagouirk You hit the nail on the head there.

It looks as though I almost need a completely blank theme where each page is nothing but the_content…

I’m just really confused about how I can get “Total Customization Over Layout” as your landing page suggests.

I really feel like I’m missing something.

Technically, yes, but it’s far from the “Total Customization Over Layout” without coding that it claims when using a basic template, like I was.

I’ve come to realise this too, I came to this forum searching for someone talking about this. I can only edit the_content part of the page and I had gone as far as creating a custom page template and editing it so that all that is in it is this

<?php /* Template Name: CustomPageA */ ?>

<?php get_header(); the_post(); ?>
<main class="page-wrap-single-page main" role="main">

      <?php the_content(); ?>

  </main><?php # END page-wrap-single-post ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I want to have the full ability just like the introductory videos but none of my themes have “the_content” reaching all the way up to the top of the page. I’ve tried to remove <?php get_header(); the_post(); but the page ends up, loading without any CSS stylings.

So my options right now for achieving that effect is learn to create my own theme that is compatible with Elementor where all i have is a minimal header and the_content and then a footer.
My second option is to edit my current theme CSS file and change where every thing is to take full advantage of Elementor.

Bottomline: Someone needs to show us how to edit a theme to optimize it for Elementor and in the future Elementor should sell Elementor-Ready Themes.