Altering format of apa6e

Question

I am fairly new to LaTeX and am just learning how to use this terrific tool. Because of this newness I lack the vocabulary to search properly or edit code within LaTeX files. That places me in a bad spot because there are three things I'd like to perform using LaTeX using apa6e but am unable to as the use of apa6e gives me the format I want but restricts what I can do:

1. How can I suppress the abstract page from apa6e?
2. How can I suppress the author notes in ape6e?
3. How can I suppress the warning generated in apa6e when I add [leavefloats] to the document class?

I don't know if this is something I do from within my tex editor or if I have to alter the apa6e file containing the code for the package. I'm thinking there's an apa6e.sty file that I could alter to bring about these changes. If that's the case I'd greatly appreciate knowing how to locate and alter this file. In either case I'd greatly appreciate direction with regard to these alterations.

MWE example (this produces the warning message from the '[leavefloats]'):

\documentclass[leavefloats]{apa6e}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\abstract{This is an example of of an abstract in APA.  }
\begin{document}
\title{A Template for APA Papers}
\shorttitle{APA: A Template}
\author{John}
\authornote{\dots}
\date{\today} % or \date{24Jan11} for example
\maketitle
\section{Literature Review}
Stuff
\end{document} 

MWE in which I try to leave out the abstract and author note:

\documentclass[leavefloats]{apa6e}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\abstract{This is an example of of an abstract in APA.  }
\begin{document}
\title{A Template for APA Papers}
\shorttitle{APA: A Template}
\author{John}
\authornote{\dots}
\date{\today} % or \date{24Jan11} for example
\maketitle
\section{Literature Review}
Stuff
\end{document}

Answer 1

I agree with egreg's comment about using another document class. However if, for some reason, you must use apa6e, then 1., 2., and 3. can be solved by redefining \maketitle as implemented in apa6e.cls. You, however, don't have to modify the file apa6e.cls directly (which, in any case, is never a good practice). You can, for example, make the changes in your .tex document by doing the approapriate redefinitions there (and enclosing them with \makeatletter, \makeatother in case the character @ appears in any of the involved commands.)

Here's a simple .tex document showing the necessary redefinition of \maketitle:

\documentclass[leavefloats]{apa6e}

\makeatletter
\def\authornote#1{}
\def\abstract#1{}
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
 \thispagestyle{titlepage}%
 \vspace*{1in}%
 \Centering\@title\\\@author%
 \vfill%
 \ifdefined%
 \apaSIXe@leavefloats{}
  \fi
  \RaggedRight%
 \mspart{\@title}%
}
\makeatother

\title{A simple, correct explanation for every aspect of mental function}
\shorttitle{Psychology: the end}
\author{Over J.~Optimistic\\Pie in the Sky University}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
I have discovered a truly remarkable theory which
this example is too small to contain.
\end{document}

I have some doubts regarding 1. I assumed that you wanted to get rid of the abstract altogether. If this was not your intent, please let me know.