Publish Button Missing

I’m guessing this theme isn’t supported anymore (mainly due to lack of replies on this forum, but also because the creator’s website seems to be down). But here it goes.

I’ve been using Whimsy for over a year now and have heavily customised it to my needs by using a child theme (I chose it due to it’s simple interface making it easy for me to integrate my own design). I pretty much had it all working so hadn’t touched it for sometime. But now I need to change my header, but when I go to do so, I can make the changes but the ‘Publish’ button is missing.

I’ve tried the usual troubleshooting of deactivating all plugins. Have enabled the default WordPress themes (they work fine, the button is there), uninstalling and reinstalling the theme, etc. But still the button is missing.

As a last ditch attempt, I installed a brand new installation of WordPress and installed Whimsy Framework on it (the only installed theme aside from the defaults that come with a fresh install). And lo-and-behold, the Publish button is STILL missing. So it seems like it’s an issue with the theme and perhaps the newer versions of WordPress (currently I’m running 4.9.7).

Hope this can be fixed, but feeling it might be just hope at this stage.