Hey,
1) You can use following code:
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
to display the search form - I'd insert it after:
<div class='container main_menu'>
If you encounter design flaws please post a link to your site - we can give you custom css code then.
2) Open up includes/loop-index.php and delete:
<!--meta info-->
<div class="blog-meta grid3">
<span class='post-date-comment-container'>
<span class='date-container'><strong><?php the_time('d') ?> <?php the_time('M') ?></strong><span><?php the_time('Y') ?></span></span>
<span class='comment-container'><?php comments_popup_link("<strong>0</strong> ".__('Comments','avia_framework'), "<strong>1</strong> ".__('Comment' ,'avia_framework'),
"<strong>%</strong> ".__('Comments','avia_framework'),'comments-link',
"<strong></strong> ".__('Comments<br/>Off','avia_framework')
); ?>
</span>
<?php
$cats = get_the_category();
echo '<span class="minor-meta-wrap">';
if(!empty($cats))
{
echo '<span class="blog-categories minor-meta">';
echo '<strong>'.__('Categories','avia_framework').': </strong><span>';
the_category(', ');
echo '</span></span>';
}
$portfolio_cats = get_the_term_list( get_the_ID(), 'portfolio_entries', '', ', ','');
if($portfolio_cats)
{
echo '<span class="blog-categories minor-meta">';
echo '<strong>'.__('Categories','avia_framework').': </strong><span>';
echo $portfolio_cats;
echo '</span></span>';
}
if(has_tag())
{
echo '<span class="blog-tags minor-meta">';
echo the_tags('<strong>'.__('Tags: ','avia_framework').'</strong><span>');
echo '</span></span>';
}
echo '<span class="blog-author minor-meta">';
echo '<strong>'.__('Author','avia_framework').': </strong><span>';
the_author_posts_link();
echo '</span></span>';
echo '</span>';
?>
</span>
</div><!--end meta info-->