[Support request] Changing the blog layout

[Maurice]

Hi,

I need to change the blog pages layout: remove the sidebar, remove the category name on the top, change the way the featured image is displayed etc.

How can I edit this?

I copied the “content.php” file to my child theme folder and edited whatever needed in it and it worked.

Now I need to edit the “template-tags.php” file, copied it to my child theme /inc folder but whatever I change in that file doesn’t seem to override the original.

Thanks for the help
Maurice

[Leo]

Hi,

Some of the options should be in the customizer.

Blog sidebar layout: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/sidebar-layout/#blog-sidebar-layout

Adjusting featured image: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adjusting-the-featured-images/
With filter: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adjusting-the-featured-images/#changing-the-featured-image-sizes-using-a-filter

Can you link me to a page with category name?

[Maurice]

Hi Leo, thanks for your reply.

I can’t link you to a page because it is on a local environment, however the sidebar options are not working for me. I am referring to the main blog list, the loop. I changed to no sidebar but this doesn’t change anything, I keep seeing the sidebar.

I also want to move the image to a different location, floated left from the headline and excerpt, and have the “read more” in a new paragraph below the excerpt.

Thanks

[Leo]

That’s weird. We haven’t received any reports on that option not working. Any chance you can duplicate on a live server?

Are the featured image alignment options not working as well?

[Maurice]

I created a menu item that draws a complete category from the blog posts. When I click the menu item I get a list of the posts in that category. That page is not defined as a page so I have no way to control its appearance.

Thanks

[Leo]

Hmm that page should follow the layout of the customizer.

So it should be the same settings as you set for:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/sidebar-layout/#blog-sidebar-layout
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adjusting-the-featured-images/

I would need to see the page to have a clue on why it isn’t working unfortunately.

Do you have a live server you can reproduce the issue?

[Maurice]

I will upload it to our staging server and send you s link soon.

Thanks.

[Leo]

Sounds good 🙂

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