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body #footer-sidebar .widget-container {
  border-right: 1px solid #777;
  margin-right: 2%;
  min-height: 180px;
  padding-right: 2%;
}
body #footer-sidebar .widget-container:last-child {
  border-right: 0 none;
}

Always the child. Or if you’re on Pro you can use the theme options.

Your confusion makes sense, this is because WordPress is so easy and automated out-of-the-box it’s a whole new way of looking at it when getting into customization.

You clearly installed Startup automatically directly from the theme search under Appearance > Themes. There’s also a semi-manual and manual way to accomplish the same thing, but with more control.

Semi-manual you could go directly to https://wordpress.org/themes/startup and download the zip, then upload and install under Appearance > Themes.

The fully manual way (which is what we need to look at for child theming) is download the zip from https://wordpress.org/themes/startup, then unzip it so we just have the /startup/ folder and then manually upload it to /wp-content/themes/ via FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

What host are you on? Different hosts have different requirements/instructions for connecting via FTP and they should be able to guide you on this.

What we need to do now is get the /startup-child/ theme folder with your alterations uploaded to the /themes/ folder and then activated under Appearance > Themes.

I realize this might feel a bit overwhelming at the moment, but you’ll be zipping along in no time. :)

#site-title a, #site-title h1 a, #site-title h1 {
  color: #E44424;
  font-size: 40px;
}

Please read all the solutions we’ve provided across all your topics and then follow up if you still need further help.

Also, for future reference, you can bundle similar requests in the same topic, just be sure to itemize:

1.

2.

3.

Thank you.

#menu ul li a:hover {
  background: none #E44424;
}

Update:

<div id="copyright">
<?php echo sprintf( __( '%1$s %2$s %3$s. All Rights Reserved.', 'startup' ), '&copy;', date( 'Y' ), esc_html( get_bloginfo( 'name' ) ) ); echo sprintf( __( ' Built with %1$s and %2$s.', 'startup' ), '<a href="https://startupwp.com/">Startup WordPress Theme</a>', '<a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>' ); ?>
</div>

to:

<div id="copyright">
<?php echo sprintf( __( '%1$s %2$s %3$s. All Rights Reserved.', 'startup' ), '&copy;', date( 'Y' ), esc_html( get_bloginfo( 'name' ) ) ); ?>
</div>

We’ve removed:

echo sprintf( __( ' Built with %1$s and %2$s.', 'startup' ), '<a href="https://startupwp.com/">Startup WordPress Theme</a>', '<a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>' );

You’ll probably want to setup a child theme to make this customization:

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

You’re welcome.

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.

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.

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.

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.