A few (probably stupid) questions from someone with a basic knowledge of code and web design:
— How can I modify the footer to include widgets beyond the default subjects cloud?
— Using masonry, is it possible to add a full-width slideshow above posts? That’s the one thing I would like to add so I can feature 3-5 pictures before getting into text-heavy posts.
— I want to change colors in the header and footer — as done here: http://doublestoptest.com/mm/ — but have no idea where to start. Any ideas?
— How can I make more than 10 posts display on the homepage/blog?
1-) No modification needed. Footer has 4 widget locations, you can put any widgets you want. Naviagate to Appearance > Widgets in wp admin.
2-) It can be possible but it requires more hard work, we can only provide customizations of some lines of code. You can hire someone experienced to do the job for you, if you are not familiar to wordpress-html coding.
3-) Here is a starting point for you, try the custom css code below;