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Hi again,
The left and right sidebars aren’t showing on my blog page of the site at http://www.theasccoder.com/?page_id=9
I have the page template type set as “Sidebar Left and Right”.
Thank you.
Page templates are a page-by-page option, not a universal design option.
However, we can help you accomplish this utilizing a child theme:
https://startupwp.com/topic/child-theming/
Let us know if you decide to setup a child theme and we’ll instruct further.
I thought I had installed the child theme but I guess not. So yes, I would like to go ahead with the child theme :)
I’ve installed and activated the child theme. Will await further instructions :)
1. Add the following to the bottom of your child theme’s stylesheet:
body #content { padding: 4% 0 !important; }2. From the parent theme, copy over 404.php, archive.php, attachment.php, author.php, category.php, index.php, page.php, search.php, single.php, tag.php to your child theme.
3. Open them all up in either TextWrangler (for Mac), Notepad++ (for Windows) or whatever your favorite editor is.
4. Do a find and replace in all files for:
<section id="content" role="main">with:
<aside id="lsidebar-sidebar" role="complementary"> <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'lsidebar-widget-area' ) ) : ?> <div id="lsidebar" class="widget-area"> <ul class="xoxo"> <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'lsidebar-widget-area' ); ?> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <?php endif; ?> </aside> <section id="content" role="main">5. Then do another find and replace in all files for:
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>with:
<aside id="rsidebar-sidebar" role="complementary"> <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'rsidebar-widget-area' ) ) : ?> <div id="rsidebar" class="widget-area"> <ul class="xoxo"> <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'rsidebar-widget-area' ); ?> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <?php endif; ?> </aside>6. Save your child theme, upload and activate.
Ok I did all of the above and it hasn’t changed anything. Not sure what I’m doing wrong :(
The child theme has broken style:
/* Theme Name: StartupPro Child Template: startuppro */ @import url("../startuppro/style.css");body #content {<br> padding: 4% 0 ;<br> }Should be:
/* Theme Name: StartupPro Child Template: startuppro */ @import url("../startuppro/style.css"); body #content { padding: 4% 0 !important; }I went into Editor > startup pro child: stylesheet (style.css) aand put in the above code. Still nothing :(
Let’s go ahead and switch over to email for a moment:
https://startupwp.com/contact/
Make sure to include this topic link (https://startupwp.com/topic/sidebars-not-showing-on-blog-page/) in your message.
Thank you.
Yes, see what’s wrong.
You have a sub-folder within the child theme folder /startuppro-child/ that contains all the php templates.
You need to simply drag them out of that folder so that everything appears alongside style.css, delete the sub-folder, delete out the currently live child theme and re-upload the new one.
You could zip it and install under Appearance > Themes, but a better way would be via FTP (if you’re not sure how to FTP into your site, please check with your host). The reason being is because that way you can make edits locally and then upload the changes to your live site so that you always have a backup and also because it’s much easier to edit files locally using a more advanced text editor than editing through the default WordPress file editor.
I did all that and now the blog looks worse. I would like a refund issued immediately.
Something must still be wrong with your child theme, we’ve just prepared and tested the following and it’s verified working:
https://startupwp.com/downloads/support/startuppro-child%28sidebar-left-right-universal%29.zip
Please give that a try. If it’s still not to your satisfaction it’s likely that it just needs some more custom CSS for your specific site to refine.
Also, please remember to now use Left Sidebar Widget Area and Right Sidebar Widget Area respectively under Appearance > Widgets.
You’re unlikely to find any other company that provides the amount of support we do elsewhere so we hope you’ll give it some more time, but if you’re still not satisfied, we’ll get you refunded.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. It looks wonderful. I won’t be needing a refund. Thank you again. I agree the support here to beyond compare.
The only thing I need to change are the colors:
1. The blue menu background, widget titles and header title “The ASC Coder” all to maroon hex code #800000.
2. The body text to black.
Also add:
.page-template-templatestemplate-sidebar-none-php #content, .post-template-templatestemplate-sidebar-none-post-php #content, .page-template-templatestemplate-login-php #content, .post-template-templatestemplate-login-post-php #content { padding: 4% !important; }For the new layout changes.
1. Use:
#menu { background-color: #800000; } #site-title a, #site-title h1 a, #site-title h1, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a, h6 a { color: #800000 !important; }2. Great, looks like you already figured out this one:
.entry-content p { color: #000; }3. Bonus tip. Go to Settings > Permalinks > Change to “Post name” > Save Changes
What this will do is change links like:
http://www.theasccoder.com/?page_id=21
to “pretty” links like so:
Thank you for ALL your help…it is much appreciated :)
You’re welcome.
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