Sidebar on blog index, articles only (Renew stack in Pro)

[ct_graham]

I’m using the Renew stack on the Pro theme on my site, and so far from reading the documentation, I’m not seeing the options I need in order to configure the behavior I want.

Under theme options, and layout and design - I see the expected options of full-width, content left/sidebar right, and content right/sidebar left. What I want to configure is that PAGES are full-width, while the BLOG (including index, category, article and search result pages) all have a side-nav which I have built.

My challenge is that when I go to the BLOG configuration options on my theme options in Pro (again - the RENEW stack), my LAYOUT dropdown menu ONLY lists “use global content layout” or “fullwidth.” Here, I do not have the option to select content-left/sidebar-right, which is what I want to do.

I’ve also run through the SIDEBAR and WIDGETS settings under the traditional WP Appearance menu - and configured everything how I would expect it to work based on the documentation.

When I choose the content-left/sidebar-right layout option on the main theme layout option in Pro, unfortunately this applies to ALL pages on my site, whether I have specified a sidebar/widget or not.

Please advise.

[ruenel]

Hello Graham,

Thanks for writing in!

What I want to configure is that PAGES are full-width, while the BLOG (including index, category, article and search result pages) all have a side-nav which I have built.

To get this done, please do the following:
1.) Go to Pro > Theme Options > Layout and Design > Content Layout and set it to “Content Left, Sidebar Right”.
2.) And then in Pro > Theme Options > Blog > Layout and Pro > Theme Options > Blog > Archives > Layout set it to “Use Global Content Layout”.
3.) Please edit each of your pages and change the page template to Layout - Fullwidth or Blank - No Container | Header, Footer. For more details about the different page templates in the theme, please check this out:

• https://theme.co/docs/page-settings#page-attributes

We would love to know if this has worked for you. Thank you.

[ct_graham]

Thanks - yes! What I didn’t expect was that I would need to find the page settings in the classic WP page editor view, rather than in Pro. I can’t seem to adjust/edit the template I might have chosen when I originally built these pages in Pro, so the WP editing interface does allow it. I think this is resolved now.

[ruenel]

Hey Graham,

You can also access the page settings while you are editing in Pro Editor. Click the gear icon on the lower left panel and it will display a modal popup.

Hope this helps.