Hi,

Welcome to your support management and thanks for choosing Edge theme!

Lets first update your theme,  since this is the biggest request here, then we will resolve one by one.

In order to update the theme, just follow these steps:

1. Delete Edge Core ( Edge CPT ) plugin

You need to delete the core plugin before updating the theme. If you don't have access to admin panel, you need to delete the core plugin manually from your server. Also, make sure that you have a backup, just for any case.

2. Deactivate all another theme plugin

3. Update theme 

• First you need to use an FTP client ( like FileZila )
• Download latest All files & documentation file from ThemeForest (your Downloads page)
• Extract it and locate theme-name.zip
• Extract theme-name.zip and locate the theme-name folder
• Copy/Replace the content of theme folder to /wp-content/themes/theme-name folder of your web site.

4. Install Edge Core plugin ( Edge CPT ) 

5. Activate all other theme plugins

Let us know if there's anything else we can help you with.

Cheers,
Johnny

Hi,

Go to Appearance -> Customize -> Additional CSS and paste the code below, it will remove 'latest blog posts'.

.vc_row.wpb_row.vc_row-fluid.vc_custom_1539198945660,
p.eltdf-blog-no-posts {
    display: none;
}

Where did you stop? Did you manage to update the theme?

Cheers,
Johnny

Hello,

Please note that you can change any content within the footer area in Appearance >> Widgets. Then just navigate to desired footer widget area and add / remove some widgets.

Please note that you can add some shortcodes within Text widget. So you just need to create a new test page > add desired WP Bakery element (shortcode) and then switch to Classic Mode. Copy that shortcode and then paste it into Text Widget.

For any other issue you are facing please feel free to ask us and we will assist you as soon as possible. I will give my best to help you building your site.

Thanks & Regards, 
Vladimir