Hello @theartifact,

When we checked the latest version of the theme locally, the theme is working fine .

The issue is generated in your site because of the short-code that you have used .

Please check weather you have included the short-code for previously activated theme and forgot to remove while activating Academic theme . If yes remove the short code and verify the issue .

Hope this helps .

Also kindly let us know if the issue is solved following above steps or not .

Best Regards!!

Hello @theartifact,

For the slider section you do not need to add any sort of shot code .

For this you can simply go to Admin Panel > Appearance > Sections > Slider and enable the slider choosing the option Static Front Page in Enable on option. After this select your desired page that you want to display in slider .

For any confusion you can also refer to theme official documentation given below to set up the sections :

http://themepalace.com/instructions/themes/academic/

Hope this helps

Best Regards!!