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When you make a mistake in the functions.php file, you can’t fix it through the editor anymore. Instead, you have to open the file via FTP. If you navigate to it there, you can delete the code you added, and it should be fine.

A helpful tip for working with functions is to use a functionality plugin for testing–google it and you’ll get a tutorial. I find them really useful.

Try this–
Add to child theme:

.site:before {
background: transparent;
}

or display: none;

for the menu–

.site-header {
background: transparent;
}

although it makes it hard to read the menu…you might want to add the background to the links only.

It’s hard to say what could be causing the issues without seeing the full code of your website.

You say the issues came up once you installed the child theme. A good troubleshooting method is to remove your child theme, and slowly add it back bit by bit to see what parts of your code are causing issues.

First, check how it looks if you switch it to 2014 theme, and see if the footer and white space issue are still there. If it’s gone, the issue is your child theme, if not, then it’s not your child theme.

This is a good tutorial in case you are not clear on adding child themes (though you’ll need to change it to 2014). Once you get the child theme in, check your site. If things are problematic, you may have put it in wrong. Then you can add in slowly any code that you had in your first child theme and see what causes the issue.

For the first, try this thread: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/21084/how-can-you-limit-the-number-of-images-videos-that-can-be-uploaded-to-a-wordpr

Try this http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/add_cap
Or this http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-or-remove-capabilities-to-user-roles-in-wordpress/

I updated the plugin (even deleted it and re-installed it) and have the latest version of WP, but I’m also having this issue.

Is there anything I need to change other than selecting the fixed rate option (and adding levels) in the Shipping settings? Do I need to change something in the Checkout settings?

You’re very welcome!
The background color is really only there in case the image/gradient doesn’t show up. They both affect the background color/appearance.

That background image is a gradient, so it’s the background colors in the banner.

To insert a logo, first check and see if your theme has any custom options. Sometimes a theme will allow you to upload a logo within the header. That would be the easiest. Check under Appearance.

First, you should make a child theme. You can read a tutorial here. They are needed to preserve your edits when the theme updates.

See if it works from your child theme. #header is definitely the right selector, and although it’s possible it needs to be changed in other places, I don’t see any. Are you making sure to change the background image as well as color?

If it still doesn’t work, the “cheating” way would be to add !important after the color, like color: #ffffff !important;

The !important tag means it takes precedence over any other css declaration for that selector + style.