Hello support team,
I would like to add a sidebar to search results pages.
Would this be possible?
Thanks!
Hello @dstro003,
Thanks again for writing in! 
You can do this by going to YOUR_SEARCH_RESULTS_PAGE > Page Attributes.
You can select either of the two based on your design.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the help Jumar,
but I am not sure to locate the YOUR_SEARCH_RESULTS_PAGE
I do not have any pages that are titled this.
Thanks
Hi There,
I guess your content layout is fullwidth, so if you want to add a sidebar to the search results page, please add the following code under functions.php file locates in your child theme:
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 = 'content-sidebar';
} 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_search() ) {
$layout = 'content-sidebar';
}
return $layout;
}
Hope it helps
Thank you for the code, but it does not seem to be working.
The sidebar only shows up when the search didn’t find anything on my site to show.
But when the search does find something to show, it does not display te sidebar
Any ideas on how to display the sidebar?
Thanks!
Hi There,
Please find and remove this custom CSS:
.search-results .x-sidebar {
display: none;
}
Let us know how it goes!
Hey Thai,
I do not have a custom CSS like this,
but I do have a code in the the functions.php that might be affecting this.
Any idea if this is causing the sidebar on the search results page not to show up?
function rkk_widgets_init() {
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'bbPress Sidebar', 'rkk' ),
'id' => 'bbp-sidebar',
'description' => __( 'A sidebar that only appears on bbPress pages', 'rkk' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );
}
add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘rkk_widgets_init’ );
function assign_bbpress_sidebar($sidebar){
if ( x_is_bbpress() ){
return ‘bbp-sidebar’;
}
if(is_singular('post')) {
$category = get_the_category();
if (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'EQ' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-eq';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Compressors' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-compressor';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Chorus' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-chorus';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Amps' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-amp-simulatros';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Bit Crusher' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-bit-crusher';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Delays' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-delay';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Distortion' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-distortion';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Filter' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-filter';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Flanger' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-flanger';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Harmonic Enhancers' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-harmonic-enhancers';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Limiter' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-limiter';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Multi-Effect' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-multi-effect';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Phaser' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-phaser';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Reverb' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-reverb';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Saturation' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-saturation';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Spectral Analyzer' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-spectral-analysis';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Stereo Width' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-stereo-width';
}
elseif (isset($category[0]) && $category[0]->cat_name == 'Vocoder' ){
return 'ups-sidebar-vocoder';
}
}
return $sidebar;
}
add_filter( ‘ups_sidebar’, ‘assign_bbpress_sidebar’);
Hi,
I checks your Search Results page I can see your sidebar is already showing.
Try to clear your browser cache and check again.
Thanks
Hey Paul,
Yes the sidebar shows up when the search cannot find anything on my site, but when you look a search results page, there is no sidebar.
Help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Hi There,
I’ve added this custom CSS under Pro > Theme Options > CSS:
.search-results .x-sidebar {
display: block !important;
height: auto !important;
}
Could you please check again?
The sidebar seems to appear right now.
Cheers!
On behalf of my colleague, you’re welcome. Cheers!
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