[Support request] Blog add-on: different number of columns on first page

[Marco]

Hello
I’d like to have two columns of blog posts on the 1st page and the sidebar and then on the following pages I’d like to have no sidebar but 3 columns of blog posts.

how can I achieve that?

any input is very much appreciated.

[Tom]

Hi there,

Give this a shot:

add_filter( 'generate_sidebar_layout', function( $layout ) {
    if ( is_paged() ) {
        return 'no-sidebar';
    }

    return $layout;
} );

add_filter( 'generate_blog_get_column_count', function( $count ) {
    if ( is_paged() ) {
        return '33';
    }

    return $count;
} );

Let me know 🙂

[Marco]

Thanks Tom – those filters seem to work.

What I’m struggling with however is achieving the same height for the column content – I’m using the read more link as a button so it looks kind of strange not having them on the same line within a row.

I’m using the following code so far:

.generate-columns-container,
.generate-columns {
	.inside-article {
		
		display: flex;
		flex-direction: column;
		
		.entry-summary {
			display: flex;
			flex-direction: column;
			flex-grow: 1;
		}
	}
}

.read-more-container {
    margin-top: auto;
}

what am I missing??

[Tom]

Any chance you can link me to the page?

[Marco]

Hello Tom

I’m currently on localhost – while playing with the css in order to get to equal height columns I think I’ve figured out what the issue is – the entry footer doesn’t always have the same height since the number of tags are different for the posts – some tags go over two or even more lines – if I hide the .tags-links, the above css seems to work – I don’t really see a way around this, do you??

[Tom]

Hmm, it’s hard to tell without seeing it, unfortunately. Can you show me a screenshot?

[Marco]

Hello Tom

Please find the screenshot here: or : Open image

[Tom]

Hmm that’s strange, I think I’d have to see the issue to fully debug it, unfortunately. Any chance you can throw it up on a temporary live server?

[Marco]

I might be able to put it up on a live server or can give you access locally

[Tom]

Awesome – feel free to send details through our contact form if you’d like: https://generatepress.com/contact

Just be sure to mention this topic 🙂

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