Hello @jgille07,
Thank you for the very detailed post information. To resolve your issue, please follow these steps assuming that you have your child theme active and ready:
1] Using Notepad or TextEdit or Sublime Text or any text editor, please create a new file in your local machine.
2] Insert the following code into that new file
<?php
// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/GLOBAL/_INDEX.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes the index output.
// =============================================================================
$stack = x_get_stack();
if ( is_home() ) :
$style = x_get_option( 'x_blog_style' );
$cols = x_get_option( 'x_blog_masonry_columns' );
$condition = is_home() && $style == 'masonry';
elseif ( is_archive() ) :
$style = x_get_option( 'x_archive_style' );
$cols = x_get_option( 'x_archive_masonry_columns' );
$condition = is_archive() && $style == 'masonry';
elseif ( is_search() ) :
$style = x_get_option( 'x_archive_style' );
$cols = x_get_option( 'x_archive_masonry_columns' );
$condition = is_search() && $style == 'masonry';
endif;
?>
<?php if ( $condition ) : ?>
<?php x_get_view( 'global', '_script', 'isotope-index' ); ?>
<div id="x-iso-container" class="x-iso-container x-iso-container-posts cols-<?php echo $cols; ?>">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if ( $stack != 'ethos' ) : ?>
<?php x_get_view( $stack, 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php x_ethos_entry_cover( 'main-content' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php x_get_view( 'global', '_content-none' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php x_get_view( $stack, 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php x_get_view( 'global', '_content-none' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php pagenavi(); ?>
3] Save the file named as _index.php
4] Upload this file to your server in the child theme’s folder wp-content/themes/x/framework/views/global/
You will have to create the folder path because it does not exist yet in your child theme’s folder. And if still the items do not display in 3 columns, please go to X > Theme Options > Blog > Archive and make sure that the Layout is set to “Masonry” and the columns selected is “Three”.
Please note that issues might arise from the use of custom code and further enhancements should be directed to a third party developer.
We would loved to know if this has work for you. Thank you.