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Started 1 year ago by simonadp
Latest reply from Dude
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simonadp
Member

hello. first of all thank you for your theme and this professional support platform.

i need to customize the sidebars order, showing them in this order:

sidebar left + content + sidebar right

i followed your instructions here:
http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/some-layout-questions#post-14372

so i duplicated the sidebars, that i renamed "sidebar-left.php" and "sidebars-right.php", recalling them in the index.php.

it works, but i need to know what i have to delete in the two sidebar files to separate the content.

i tried to delete the div boxes, but i still have an empty column now. how can i delete the column? sorry, i'm not so good in php.

can you help me please?

Posted 1 year ago #
simonadp
Member

sorry, just to be more precise. i know that i have to customize the css after, i'll do it by myself. i just need to know which content (php rows syntax) i have to delete from the two files.
thanks

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude
I'd change following code in sidebar.php:
```
if($k_option['includes']['sidebarCount'] != 2) $sidebarSize = ' fullwidth_sidebar';
```
to:
```
$sidebarSize = ' fullwidth_sidebar';
```
and style the fullwidth sidebar accordingly. You need to create a new widget area for the other sidebar though because you can't use the standard 2 columns option anymore.
Posted 1 year ago #
simonadp
Member

sorry, be patient. i didn't understand it.

i have two files: sidebar-left.php and sidebar-right.php (with the same code as the old sidebar.php).

i replaced the code you told me in both files:
$sidebarSize = ' fullwidth_sidebar';

but the result is 4 larges columns.

please, can you tell me what code i have do delete from each file? i tried to delete the div (where there is the php condition "if...else") but i get php errors.

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude

Under Newscast Options > Sidebar Options choose the one sidebar column layout - this should solve your problem. Please be aware that I can't look into it in detail because it's not within the scope of this support forum - as James pointed out in this thread: http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/some-layout-questions you can hire someone to do the customization for you.

Posted 1 year ago #
simonadp
Member

ok, it works! now i have two sidebars, one on the left and one on the right. but they are exactly the same.

before you wrote "You need to create a new widget area for the other sidebar though because you can't use the standard 2 columns option anymore."

can you help me to understand this?

how can i create a new widget area and distinguish one from the other?

i need also to create two different style classes.

sorry if i'm insistent. your theme is the one that almost fits with my client's needs. i have only to solve this (not little) problem.

thanks for your patience.

Posted 1 year ago #
ceciliam
Member

hi. first of all thank you for your theme I think it's fantastic.

I need to customize the sidebars I'd like to change the category in news (and add other news) and change the pages in Gallery, where I'd like to insert some images.. can you help me? thank you in advance

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude

Hey,
you can create custom widget areas for categories. Go to Newscast Options > Sidebar & Footer and select your required categories there. Then you can add widgets for these categories (Appearance > Widgets). I'd use a textwidget to insert images.

Posted 1 year ago #