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[catunderwood]

Hello,

I’d like a sidebar for my blog posts, but want to keep the rest of the site set to full width with no sidebars.

I followed the instruction in this thread https://community.theme.co/forums/topic/adding-a-sidebar-only-to-the-posts-page/ & created a wp-single.php file using the code at the top. This created space for sidebar, but I couldn’t see how to then add a widget to it?

I created a new sidebar within appearence>sidebars, set it manually to each post listed, then also a new widget, but nothing would show. I want to add sharing buttons, a photo/page link & newsletter sign up to a RH sidebar on blog posts.

URL is cohocontent.com. Thanks v much.

[Nico]

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[catunderwood]

Hi again,

I’m having a few other issues on my site so I’m wondering if they are all related?
Cornerstone isn’t working at all – I’ve tried a few things to delete it & also use a transient cleaner – but nothing. This has come up via a conversation with Jetpack support, as my share buttons have also stopped working.

I can raise a separate ticket for the Cornerstone issue?

Thanks,
Cat

[Paul R]

Hi Cat,

1. Kindly delete your wp-single.php file then add this in your child theme’s functions.php file

function x_get_content_layout() {

    $content_layout = x_get_option( 'x_layout_content' );

    if ( $content_layout != 'full-width' ) {
      if ( is_home() ) {
        $opt    = x_get_option( 'x_blog_layout' );
        $layout = ( $opt == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $opt;
      } elseif ( is_singular( 'post' ) ) {
        $meta   = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_x_post_layout', true );
        $layout = ( $meta == 'on' ) ? 'full-width' : $content_layout;
      } elseif ( x_is_portfolio_item() ) {
        $layout = 'full-width';
      } elseif ( x_is_portfolio() ) {
        $meta   = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_x_portfolio_layout', true );
        $layout = ( $meta == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $meta;
      } elseif ( is_page_template( 'template-layout-content-sidebar.php' ) ) {
        $layout = 'content-sidebar';
      } elseif ( is_page_template( 'template-layout-sidebar-content.php' ) ) {
        $layout = 'sidebar-content';
      } elseif ( is_page_template( 'template-layout-full-width.php' ) ) {
        $layout = 'full-width';
      } elseif ( is_archive() ) {
        if ( x_is_shop() || x_is_product_category() || x_is_product_tag() ) {
          $opt    = x_get_option( 'x_woocommerce_shop_layout_content' );
          $layout = ( $opt == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $opt;
        } else {
          $opt    = x_get_option( 'x_archive_layout' );
          $layout = ( $opt == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $opt;
        }
      } elseif ( x_is_product() ) {
        $layout = 'full-width';
      } elseif ( x_is_bbpress() ) {
        $opt    = x_get_option( 'x_bbpress_layout_content' );
        $layout = ( $opt == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $opt;
      } elseif ( x_is_buddypress() ) {
        $opt    = x_get_option( 'x_buddypress_layout_content' );
        $layout = ( $opt == 'sidebar' ) ? $content_layout : $opt;
      } elseif ( is_404() ) {
        $layout = 'full-width';
      } else {
        $layout = $content_layout;
      }
    } else {
      $layout = $content_layout;
    }
    if ( is_singular( 'post' ) ) {
        $layout = 'content-sidebar';
    }

    return $layout;

  }

2. May I know what is the issue with cornerstone?

I checked and it seems to be working fine.

http://screencast.com/t/gatuUvl7tge

Thanks

[catunderwood]

Hello,

Thanks very much for coming back to me. I’ve deleted the wp-single.php file from the main X Framework folder, and added the above code into the funcions.php for my child theme. However, the blogs have just disappeared. See attached – literally just a blank page!

For Cornerstone, I’ve also screen-grabbed the issue. the URL changes but none of the editing modules appear.

I’d be grateful for your help.

Thanks
Cat

[catunderwood]

Cornerstone attachment.

[Paul R]

Hi Cat,

Sorry for the confusion, you need to delete the wp-single.php file that is in your child theme and not on the main xtheme.

The file that needs to be deleted is located at wp-content/themes/x-child/framework/views/ethos

To fix the blank page, kindly create the file wp-single.php in wp-content/themes/x/framework/views/ethos
and copy the code into that file.

<?php

// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/ETHOS/WP-SINGLE.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Single post output for Ethos.
// =============================================================================

$fullwidth = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_x_post_layout', true );

?>

<?php get_header(); ?>
  
  <div class="x-container max width main">
    <div class="offset cf">
      <div class="<?php x_main_content_class(); ?>" role="main">

        <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
          <?php x_get_view( 'ethos', 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
          <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_comments-template' ); ?>
        <?php endwhile; ?>

      </div>

      <?php if ( $fullwidth != 'on' ) : ?>
        <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
      <?php endif; ?>

    </div>
  </div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks

[catunderwood]

Hello,

Ok, thanks. I had deleted it from the main X folder because the child folder is totally empty. So X-child>framework>views>ethos doesn’t have anything in it. See attached.

I’ve added the single PHP file back into the X folder & there’s now a sidebar on my posts, thanks v much.

How do I edit the sidebar? E.g. I need to add a margin to the top as my logo overlaps the content (a recurring issue in fact on my site), & if I want to add in recent posts, change social icon style etc, is this just edited like a normal sidebar?

Re. cornerstone, I still can’t edit with it. Shall I open a separate ticket?

Thanks,
Cat

[Paul R]

Hi Cat,

1. To add margin to your sidebar, you can add this in Custom > Edit Global CSS in the customizer.

.single-post .x-sidebar.right {
    margin-top:50px;
}

You may change 50px to adjust spacing.

2. To add contents to your sidebar, navigate to Appearance > widgets and you can drag or edit widgets to your Blog Sidebar.

See screenshot- http://screencast.com/t/lkGRrxNBTxnW

Hope that helps.

[catunderwood]

Super, thanks a million for your help.

I will raise a new ticket for Cornerstone.

Cat

[Lely]

You’re welcome Cat!

Cheers!

[catunderwood]

Hello,
You helped with adding in some sidebar content for blog posts, but a blog added today doesn’t have it.

Old blog with correct sidebar:
http://cohocontent.com/?p=601

New blog which doesn’t have all the info:
http://cohocontent.com/?p=827

Can you help at all with making the sidebar template in the first link standard across blogs?

Incidentally, I would rather use post/page titles as the URL/permalink but still can’t as it breaks Cornerstone. If you think you might be able to help now with that let me know & I’ll open a new thread for that issue.

Thanks in advance,
Cat

[Jade]

Hi Cat,

I’d like to check further but the login details provided before doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Would you mind providing them again so that we could check it for you?

Thank you.

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