Good morning Patrick. Let’s find you some answers:

Post Meta

You can edit that line (it’s called the Post Meta data). Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section and select Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose archive.php.
3. Look for this line:

   
   <p class="post-meta"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>#comments"></a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<?php the_category(', ') ?></p>
   

   and replace that with this:

4. Save your changes.
5. Repeat that same process in the single.php file.

That will remove everything but the date for you.

Featured Image Size

You can change that. It’s set now so you can upload portrait or landscape images without them being cropped, but you can force them to have the same maximum size. WordPress won’t scale images up if they are too small, so you’ll need to upload images larger that whatever size you choose.

Here’s how to change it:

1. Go back to the theme editor and select images.php
2. Find this line:

   
   add_image_size('feature', 624, 999);
   

3. Replace it with something like this:

   
   add_image_size('feature', 624, 400, true);
   

4. The first number is the width in pixels; the second number is the height. Adding true forces the images to be cropped so they are no larger than those sizes.
5. Save your changes.

That will affect all future uploads. To change any images you’ve already uploaded, you’ll need to install and use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin.

Justify Text

You can justify the text of your excerpts. Go to the Theme Options page and select the Styling tab. At the top, make sure you’ve selected “Yes” to include custom styling. Then scroll down to the Custom CSS box and paste this:

.archive .post p {
	text-align: justify;
}

Then update your settings. That will affect the excerpts themselves and leave the titles as left aligned.

If you have any questions or trouble, let me know.

Enjoy your weekend,
Bill