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@sophiew – you can use backticks around your code to make it show up in the thread.

It’s probably not a good idea to try and rework your theme if you are newbie to HTML. They can be reasonably complicated, and also require some PHP knowledge if you are making substantial mods.

Learning on the job is a decent approach, but an HTML primer first might be a good idea. If you want to get started straightaway, I’d suggest switching to the BuddyPress default theme and working from there.. A child theme from the default will be a lot less code changing for you.