Wordpress homepage & sidebar updates

Header Logo - enlarge to match new layout. Icons - addition of media icons above search bar, linked to relevant destination (Facebook, Twitter, Newsletter page, RSS signup). Search - update design to match new layout. Menu - addition of menu items (submenu, page right). - re-order menu item, refer to “[login to view URL]” (items in [login to view URL] currently not updating..) - need to be menu plugin? Does plugin effect loading time? Homepage The homepage will need to be made into single area (no sidebar) consisting of “modules” displaying the most recent posts within the applicable categories. LookBook - each of the 3 LookBook items are the 3 most recent re-sized LookBook (parent category) images, in order from left to right. Note that the images are currently pulled directly from Flickr, which is not correct. StyleFiles - each of the 2 StyleFiles items are the 2 most recent StyleFiles (parent category) posts, in order from left to right. MiniCelebs - the MiniCelebs item is the most recent MiniCelebs (child of StyleFiles) posts. Competitions - the Competitions item is the most recent Competitions (child of StyleFiles) posts. SalesOffers - the SalesOffers item is the most recent SalesOffer (child of StyleFiles) posts. Sidebar The sidebar is already included within the templates where it needs to be (other than the homepage). The modules from the homepage are to be duplicated here in the order show in “[login to view URL]”, as well as the advertising item (the code for which can be located within the landing pages templates) and the following module: - Popular module should display 9 random re-sized images pulled from the 30-50 most recent LookBook posts. Other Titles - when the Post titles are too long the alignment is corrupt. e.g. [login to view URL] Facebook - although configured, [login to view URL] is not automatically reposting to Facebook. Newsletter - [login to view URL] is linked to Mailchimp. We would like an newsletter to be automatically sent out each week, which should be a duplicate of the homepage. The newsletter tool for this should be recommended by the developer. Images - are not currently uploading through the website Pages and Posts editors. Need to be able to upload images through Wordpress text editing windows. Page+Post - widen pages a little to adjust for new thinner sidebar.