Slider links not working on Essence theme

And when I turn ‘off’ the link for the image, it doesn’t turn it off, it just makes the slider image a link to refresh the home page. So then the title and image are both links to the refresh the page instead of going anywhere.

I’m not even sure if I’m looking in the right place, but here is the code for the Content Slider. I’m relatively new to WordPress and am more used to plain old HTML than CSS or other web languages. So anyone knowing possible solutions, I’d love if you could show me the piece I should replace and what I should try replacing it with. It is greatly appreciated. I am frustrated that I don’t speak the WP stylesheet language yet.

Hoping that is the right piece:

/*—– Content Slider / Gallery Slider —–*/

#slides {position:relative;width:600px;}
.slides_container {width:570px;height:270px;overflow:hidden;position:relative;display:none;background:#e4e4e4;border:2px solid #D0D0D0}
#slides .slide {padding:20px;width:530px;height:230px;display:block;}
#slides .next, #slides .prev {position:absolute;top:110px;left:0px;width:30px;height:50px;display:block;z-index:101;}
#slides .next {left:550px;}

#cgallery {width:600px;position:relative;}
.cgallery_container {width:585px;overflow:hidden;position:relative;display:none;}
.cgallery_container div.cslide {width:570px;height:270px;display:block;}
#cgallery .next,#cgallery .prev {position:absolute;top:107px;left:-8px;width:31px;height:68px;display:block;z-index:101;}
#cgallery .next {left:562px;}
.caption {z-index:500;position:absolute;bottom:-35px;left:0;height:30px;padding:5px 20px 0 20px;background:url(“img/menu_bg.png”) repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;width:560px;}
.caption p{color:#fff;}

Unfortunately, these forums don’t support commercial themes – partly because they are not available for testing or use. I’d really suggest you just find another theme if the developer isn’t providing decent support. There are a lot of really great free and supported here themes here: https://www.ads-software.com/themes/

My challenge is that this is the only problem I have left to finally get a site up that has been months in the making. My main web developer ditched me on this and the theme developer sent me a nice email saying they don’t give any support in this theme anymore at all. If I have to ditch this theme and go for something new, I may just have to pay back the client everything paid so far because of the issues from this job relating to the previous web developer. I’m losing hundreds of dollars on this job trying to get it done already and starting from scratch with a new theme is really daunting.

Any advice on how to go about replacing the slider? Tat is an option I’m willing to try, but right now, I can’t put the time into setting up a whole new theme and learning all the WP pieces I don’t know. I’d probably have to hire another WP developer out of pocket, which I simply cannot do financially. It is very frustrating. >.<

I’m sorry but as you are using a non-WPORG theme, you need to seek support from the theme’s developers – paid or otherwise. We only support themes downloaded from www.ads-software.com here.