custom homepage template?

Hi there,

Are you able to link us to what you currently have so far using GP?

hi leo, thanks for replying!
i am sorry, though this is an online site, i am developing locally. thats why i tried to explain above, but perhaps it was a bit confusing.
i built two layouts, one with content/sidebar/sidebar and another using featured post, two columns and a sidebar. so only halfway there, with both layouts.
i could post screensshots, if it helps, or you tell me some other trick, to get this acomplished!
thanks, best, horst

is there a way to to change the second column of your blog-layout via hooks

What would you like to change it to? Right now you either have it displaying posts in a column, or a sidebar, correct?

thanks tom,

you are right.

if i use the GP layout content/sidebar1/sidebar2 i would need a featured post to be displayed above first and second column.

something like:
featured post /sidebar2
posts 2-x/sidebar1/sidebar2(continued)

other option: i use GP layout posts in 2 columns (here i can display a featured post above) and only one sidebar, i would need the second column of posts to display a certain taxonomy.

featured post (1) /sidebar
posts 2-x/post column (special taxonomy)/sidebar (continued)

i hope its clearer now, sorry for being perhaps confusing. it should work with a custom front-page template. if there is an easier way, i am happy to hear. (but i think, i will need help even with the custom front-page template)

thanks a lot, horst

I think you might need a custom page template for that.

To show the second column as a different set of posts, you would need to set up a different loop.

Perhaps look into using a plugin like WP Show Posts to display two separate lists of posts in two separate columns?

hi tom,

its me again. thanks for your answer. i tried a little bit of css-tweaking with my first option:

content (i.e. posts)/sidebar-left/sidebar-right

.home article:first-child  { width: 180%}

#left-sidebar {
margin-top: 310px;
}

sofar it works somehow, the first post is wider and the sidebar-left starts after the post. problem: ideally the sidebar-left should start exactly after the featured (two columns wide) first post (which can have different heights, depending on paragraphs etc.)

i am thankful for every tipp, before i start to set-up a custom homepage-template. if i can accomplish without, it would be better, of course.

i could make a little graphic scheme, if it helps. its perhaps easier to understand, what i try to describe in words.

thanks again for your help, horst

Do you have a link to what you've set up so far so I can check it out?

Thanks!

hi tom,

no, i am sorry, i am developing on my local machine. i only could send you the code, if this helps. (just tell me, where to send it)

let me know. best, horst

Since it's custom code, I would have to see the actual website I'm afraid.

Any chance you can throw it up on a staging server?

ok tom, i try to do so. will take some time. but i come back ;)

in the meanwhile: is there a hook after the first (featured) post, where i could hook in the sidebar?

i made a simple layout-scheme, perhaps its easier to understand like that. i think not a tough thing to do, only if i knew how ;) (if it works with wp-show posts pro-plugin, i am fine!)

thanks, horst

i just managed to create a second loop and insert it via hooks.

problem: to achieve the layout as i tried to sketch above, my code should be hooked in right after

<div id="content" class="site-content">

but when i use the hook "inside-content-container" the code will bes inserted after

<main id="main" class="site-main">

this would be the most simple way to get the layout, i would like.

thanks again, horst

You can try this hook: generate_inside_container

add_action( 'generate_inside_container', 'tu_add_inside_container' );
function tu_add_inside_container() {
?>
    Your code in here
<?php
}