The template gives you 2 options: the regular and the masonry. I’d rather have a different layout with a list of blog posts with a small picture on the left and the excerpt of the post on the right. Many bloggers use this template and I find it very clear.

The template offered by integrity has very big pictures for each posts in the standard view and with the masonry is veru difficult to get the boxes perfectly aligned so it looks too messy to me.

Is there a SIMPLE way to change the layout for the blogs and archives? I tried to create a new page but when I go to the settings—–> blog options on wordpress and try to use that new page, it overwrites my layout and gives me the theme template (normal or masonry).

I’m not skilled with IT and I’ve watched all the tutorials and read all the documents but in regards of the blog i didn’t find anything useful.

I need to launch my new website in a week and i’m stuck with this. Any help will be much appreciated! I’m sort of desperate!!!

To see the preview of my website (still not live) with the X theme, here is the link: http://adminshift.net/keepbeta/

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!

PS: I asked a web designer but he wasn’t able to do it for me, that’s why I’m writing in here.

Thanks for posting in.

How about trying ethos? Ethos is good for that layout. http://theme.co/x/demo/ethos/1/

Blog is not like portfolio where you can decide layout and columns per page. The blog layout settings will change all the page you created for blog. And wordpress is limited to only one blog, unless you will create another post type that will represent as your another blog.

And you will have to consult a wordpress developer for that to implement.

Could you set your blog to standard? I’ll try to create a css that will place the featured on left and excerpt on right.

Thanks.

But That is the layout I wanted for my blog. I’m sorry if i ask questions which are probably basic for you, but is it possible to use the ethos blog on my integrity stack?

I set up the blog to standard now, as suggested.Thanks for your help!

Please add the following CSS code under Customize -> Custom -> CSS:

@media only screen (min-width:978px){
.archive.category .has-post-thumbnail .entry-featured {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
width: 34%;
float: left;
}

.archive.category.has-post-thumbnail .entry-wrap{
padding-top: 33px;
}
}

Hope it helps.

I’ve made some changes on your blog page,

Under Customizer > Blog > Content > Excerpt Length, I set to to 100 (characters)

Then added this code below in your child theme style.css

@media only screen and (min-width:767px){
	.blog .entry-featured, .archive .entry-featured {
		float: left;
		width: 25%;
		margin: 2%;
	}
	.blog .entry-wrap, .archive .entry-wrap {
		padding-top: 15px;
	}
}

You can see the changes in here now http://adminshift.net/keepbeta/blog/, http://adminshift.net/keepbeta/category/sardinia-2/

Hope that helps,

Have a great day

Is adding the code mentioned in the thread still the easiest way to do this? or has something changed with the latest version of x?
thanks!

Thanks for updating this thread!

The code above should work in your integrity stack. To assist you with this issue, we’ll first need you to provide us with your URL. This is to ensure that we can provide you with a tailored answer to your situation. Once you have provided us with your URL, we will be happy to assist you with everything.

Thank you.