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"Is the "Customize Appearance" feature only valid for the front page?"
Unsure sorry, is this regarding the "Front page" Settings in > Customize:
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"I would love to keep some elements of the homepage consistent for every page (for ex. the gargoyle png on the top left and my "sidebar on the bottom)."
The following settings in Customize will apply to all pages and projects of the website:
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"how can I get the tagline centered using CSS?"
The site tagline gets it's placement from the site title.
If you set your Site Title to 'top center' the tagline will also be center.
"when I go to any page I've created (accessing from my Pages section), this is what i get instead:"
If you are experiencing issue with content loading on your website, then the following steps may help you ⭐️
Wordpress, Lay Theme & Laytheme's Addons are all up to date ?
Any custom CSS or JS that may interfere is temporarily removed.
Any third-party plugins are de-activated to see if this resolves the issue.
Feel free to load screenshots or any relevant information 🔍
Talk soon @craterean Richard