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Magazine-style start page with default sidebar and more – – Take 2

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  • October 20, 2013 at 11:19 PM #1192
    bjay1000
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    I have Startup Pro. My page so far is here: http://blog.diabeticmommy.com/blog/

    I want a start page with the default sidebar.

    I also want:

    • I want the content to include a “featured” post at the top with a large pic and caption.
    • I also want a listing of most recent posts – thumbnails and short excerpts
    • I want other areas where I can enter text for news and other info.
    • Possibly an area with a listing of categories

    In addition, I would like the default sidebar to NOT appear on some pages, like on the Group page because the content seems to be running into the sidebar. Or if there is a way to stop this from happening, that would be great. My group page: http://blog.diabeticmommy.com/groups

    October 20, 2013 at 11:25 PM #1193
    bjay1000
    Participant

    Also the links in the default sidebar and in the post info sections are blue. I don’t mind the font style, but I would like to change the color of the links. How can I do that?

    October 21, 2013 at 6:10 PM #1194
    StartupWP
    Keymaster

    Here’s how to set a custom frontpage:

    https://startupwp.com/topic/setting-a-static-frontpage-and-posts-page/

    Since you’ll be using a static page, you’ll probably want a plugin like:

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/

    For listing posts in it.

    For the link colors, give this a try:

    a {
  color: #FA73B6;
}

    For BuddyPress pages, try:

    .buddypress #content {
  width: 92%;
}
.buddypress #sidebar {
  display: none;
}
.buddypress li:before {
  content: "" !important;
}

    For adding CSS, see https://startupwp.com/topic/customizing-your-theme/

    October 22, 2013 at 7:05 PM #1204
    StartupWP
    Keymaster

    Not sure why you couldn’t reply to the other topic, but we’ve gone ahead and just merged the two.

    Yes, with a little CSS styling we can help you make a magazine style layout, but first we need to understand exactly the following, are you trying to move the blog page to the homepage or you want posts on the homepage and the blog page as well?

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