Here are2 webpages I made detailing changes that we want to make, and screenshots of the activity trying to access these folders via http://FTP... but can't, due to the inability to access a folder called 'blueggrace' in the directory called...

http://www.dalligold.com/blog/wp-content/themes/ VIA FTP!

I can see the directory 'blueggrace' via explorer and firefox browsers, but WS_FTP_LE, AceFTP AND FireFTP CANNOT see the folder 'blueggrace' in the

http://www.dalligold.com/blog/wp-content/themes/

folder...

View these 2 webpages to see what we are trying to do AND screenshots of both FTP and Browser access attempts for the 'blueggrace' folder!

http://committeetorestoretheusconstitution.com/Dalli/DalliLogo.html

and the screenshots at...

http://committeetorestoretheusconstitution.com/Dalli/index_2.html

I have over 12 years experience with computers, FTP and browser management and USE and I have NEVER run across the inability to access a subfolder with FTP Apps, but can SEE, and DOWNLOAD files WITHIN a folder via BROWSER... It's stranger than fiction!

I would just turn off the sidebar in a few pages of my website. Can be done? For example in the photo gallery page.

Of course it is. You need to find call to get_sidebar() in your theme template (usually in footer.php and exclude it in certain cases. Here is actual snippet from my site.

I would also suggest creating a Page Template that has no sidebar. That way, when creating a page, you simply choose the Page Template with no sidebar. This avoids editing the theme files directly, so upgrades don't overwrite your custom changes.

You can learn more about Page Templates here:
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/03/13/page-templates-the-untapped-potential-of-wordpress