Custom Post Template

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What's the most efficient way to go about making a custom post template? To be clear, I want this to be for every "post" (not page), for every category, not just one. My default page layout is full, for many other pages of my site.

I see that the page uses the single.php file. All I need to do is use the content-sidebar layout for my posts page. Should I create a custom single.php for my child theme, or is there a simple way to make these edits with a hook or filter in functions.php?

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I have this thus far:

//Set layout for all "post" pages.
if (is_singular('post')) {
	add_filter('genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_content_sidebar');
}

That alone in functions.php does nothing however, and I believe I need to add it through a specific hook to change the layout. Any ideas which hook I need, or if I'm on the right track?

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I finally got it, thanks to a bit of code I saw on Brad's site:

//Set the layout for all "posts" pages. If desired, specify parameters for specific categories. 
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', 'full_width_layout_single_posts' );
function full_width_layout_single_posts( $opt ) {
	if (is_single()) {
		$opt = 'content-sidebar'; 
		return $opt;
    } 
}

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[Porter]

Just for the sake of staying informative - if anyone sees this thread, you need to use is_singular when specifying parameters, not is_single.

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