Two right sidebars

When editing a page under Pages, you’ll see a dropdown option under “Page Attributes” called “Template”. Here you can select the two sidebars right template and save.

Sorry, no. Page templates are currently for Pages only. We are working on custom Post templates soon though.

This is how all WordPress themes work. This isn’t a limitation of StartupPro.

To have two sidebars right across your whole site, you’ll need to setup a child theme:

https://startupwp.com/topic/child-theming/

It can be done, but first we need to make sure you’re comfortable with code and child theming, otherwise this might be too advanced even with the instructions laid out for you.

We want what’s best for everyone in the StartupWP community. If you feel that means that the theme won’t work for your needs, no worries. Have a look around for a different premium theme for your project and if you think you’ve found one and you purchased StartupPro in the last 60 days, we’d be happy to give you a refund.

It does support a two sidebars right page template.

But, making literally every webpage of your site have two sidebars is an entirely different thing, though still possible with customization.

Let us know.

Okay, we’ve just updated the theme to now include custom post templates:

https://startupwp.com/topic/changelog/

This means you can now change the sidebar layout for posts just like you can pages.

Now, for the homepage, are you using it as the posts page or a static content page? If you’re not sure, please provide the link to your website and we’ll be able to tell.

It’s no different than setting the template in pages. It may seem tedious now if you have a lot of posts, but easy in the future when preparing new posts. We’ll definitely be looking into a global option in the future as well.

Now, for the homepage:

1. Setup a child theme:

https://startupwp.com/topic/child-theming/

2. Copy index.php over from the parent theme to the child theme.

3. Find this line and remove it:

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

and then add this code, right below <?php get_header(); ?>:

<div id="lsidebar-sidebar">
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar("lsidebar-widget-area") ) : ?>
<div id="lsidebar" class="widget-area">
<ul class="sid">
<?php dynamic_sidebar("lsidebar-widget-area"); ?>
</ul>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

4. Add to your CSS:

#lsidebar-sidebar {
margin: 0 0 0 2%;
width: 30%;
}

https://startupwp.com/topic/customizing-your-theme/

Please note that the homepage sidebar content will now be controlled by the Left Sidebar area under Appearance > Widgets.

The Easy Way

Now that the process had been explained, you can simply download, install and activate the child theme we’ve prepared for you like any normal theme under Appearance > Themes to apply the customizations:

startuppro-child(sidebar-left-posts-page)

No problem, refund issued.