Blog Page and Blog Post

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#1

Hi there,

Right now I have made a blog page and set it to posts but I can’t seem to edit the design using cornerstone. Also, I just made a mock-up blog post and it doesn’t seem to be showing on the page.

I would like the blog post to look similar to this:

And I would like the blog page to look similar to this with featured images and side bar as well:

Thank you in advance, If needed I can send you log in info in a secure note

#2

Hello @Mesh,

Thanks for asking. :slight_smile:

Once you set a page as your Posts Page, you can no longer edit that page in Cornerstone and even using the default WordPress editor. That is because the contents will be dynamically generated by WordPress and will be using the home.php or index.php template. To know more about this WordPress feature, please check out the codex here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page#Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

Please use Masonry layout of Two columns under X > Launch > Options > Blog > Style > Masonry.

Thanks.

#3

Hi Prasant,

Thanks for your reply! Is there another way to go about this? I am not sure how to edit the blog page currently and it’s not showing the post either.

#4

Hi there,

You can only edit a blog page through its template which requires custom development which we can’t provide. But I recommend having a standard page as your blog page (don’t assign it as your blog page), and use any grid plugins to include your posts. For example, you can use an Essential Grid as your blog listing and add it to your page.

Thanks!

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#5

Hi Rad,

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try that!

#6

Let us know how it goes!

#7

Hi there! Why is the latest post not showing on the page? If I just set the blog page as a normal page and not a posts page. How do I automate latest posts on the page?

Thanks

#8

Hi There,

You need to go to Wp Admin > Settings > Reading and select the blog page as your latest posts page.

Hope it helps

#9

This is what’s showing on the blog page.

And this is the current setting under reading.

I am not able to edit the php template of Wordpress. Which setting should I adjust to use a normal page named as a blog to show latest posts? Your help is greatly appreciated. I have been trying to figure out for the past few days and I am hesitate to design the pages completely as I am not sure what works and what not.

#10

Also I am trying essential grid

but it doesn’t seem to be showing the source. Any idea what I could be doing wrong here?

#11

Hey There,

Would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? Please provide following information:

Set it as Secure Note

  • Link to your site
  • WordPress Admin username / password

All the best!

#12

Hi,

I just sent it to you! Please let me know what I am doing wrong. Thank you very much.

#13

Hi There,

You have two posts just and both are saved as a draft not published.

Please publish your posts in order to work as you expect.

Thank you

#14

Thank you! Just published them and added the grid shortcode to the page and now there is an error message.

Could you please take a look? Thanks a lot

#15

Hello there,

The pages are working fine on our end. Please your browser cache and let us know how it goes.

If the error still shows, please clarify if this is happening to the 2 posts you’re referring, or if it is on another page so we can check further.

Thank you.

#16

Hi there,

It’s on the blog page- Not the posts page.

https://foodmesh.ca/blog-page/

An error shows when I add the shortcode of essential grid to the raw content element on the page.

#17

What I am trying to do - is to use a normal/standard page as my blog page so that I can customize it on cornerstone without having to edit the php template.

And I want to add the shortcode of essential grid on the blog page but it doesn’t
seem to be working (error message shown above).

#18

Hello There,

There is a fatal error in your blog page. Could you please enable the debug mode so that we will know what has caused this fatal error? You can do this by opening wp-config.php and adding
define( 'WP_DEBUG' , true ); just above /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ For example:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

When you revisit the page, you should have some error output describing the issue in more detail.

Please let us know how it goes.

#19

Hi there! Just turned on debugging. The page seems to be working but the essential grid is not showing

These are the error messages…I am not sure if they are relevant?

Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO in /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php on line 118

Notice: Constant WP_POST_REVISIONS already defined in /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php on line 137

Notice: Constant EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS already defined in /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php on line 138

#20

Seems like essential grid exhausted the memory size? How do I go about making it work? Please and thanks

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