[Resolved] Sidebar per category and posts within that category

[Liam]

Hi there,

I’d like to create a sidebar – with widgets – which shows on specific category pages and posts which are within that category.

For example, if I have an email marketing category, I would like the email marketing category page and all posts within it to show a sidebar with widgets offing an email marketing newsletter signup, etc.

Is there anywhere you can point me to which describes how to set this up?

Thanks.

[Fernando]

Hi Liam,

One approach you can do is to set a Layout Element making the sidebar visible for your preferred locations.

See: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/layout-element-overview/

Then, you can use either a Hook Element or a Block Element to add your email marketing newsletter signup and other Blocks.

See: https://share.getcloudapp.com/nOuRwvEk

Also see: https://share.getcloudapp.com/X6uErlWy

Here is a sample video where a Block Element is used to add Blocks to the sidebar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E7zFl678kg

Hope this helps! 🙂

[Liam]

Cool. Thanks, Fernando. Will take a look.

[Fernando]

You’re welcome Liam! Feel free to reach out if you’ll need further assistance with regards to this!

[Liam]

Hi Fernando,

Just one more question on this. Is it also possible to create a sidebar per specific post?

For example, I would like to create a sticky widget called “Mentioned in this post” which keeps affiliate links omnipresent as the user scrolls. The affiliate links would be specific to a post so the widget would have to have a one-to-one relationship with a post.

Thanks.

[Fernando]

Yes, if you use an Element to add this functionality to the sidebar, or add it as a Widget, this should be possible but the effectivity/functionality of this would be reliant on the custom code or plugin you’ll be using. 🙂

[Liam]

Cool, thanks Fernando ✌️

[Fernando]

You’re welcome Liam! Glad to be of assistance! 🙂

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