Sidebar Specific To Page

[hanuman]

Hi,

I would like to place a sidebar on one specific page only and wonder what is the easiest way to do this.

Theme is Modern Portfolio with a default layout of no sidebars.

Create a new page template or is there genesis plugin to handle this?

Cheers

[Len]

Hi hanuman. Creating a page template is one way but this is probably easier ... Genesis Simple Sidebars

[hanuman]

Hi Len,

Thanks for responding.

My understanding is that to use Genesis Simple Sidebars I need to choose the layout with sidebar.

This then creates a sidebar on every page.

I am trying to get a sidebar on just one single page and don't see how to do that.

Hence my query about creating a specific page layout to use - ie one with sidebar, one without sidebar.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

[Len]

Okay, your default layout site-wide is full width, yes? You can override that on a post by post or page by page basis.

Once Genesis Simple Sidebars is activated, go to its configuration screen and create your new sidebar. Next, go to your page, let's say your About page, scroll toward the bottom where you will find the Layout Settings meta box. Choose the layout you want - left sidebar or right sidebar. This setting will apply to this page only.

Next, on the right side of the page you'll see a metabox called Sidebar Selection. Select the new sidebar you created. Now you can add whatever widgets to that sidebar in your widgets screen.

Your entire site will be running on your default selection of full width except for that one page. And the sidebar it uses should be your custom sidebar.

[hanuman]

Len,

Thank you!

I should have known that 🙂

I was looking for a complicated solution and missed the simple and elegant solution.

Thank you kindly for your help!

Cheers.

[Len]

Happens to me all the time. 🙂 Glad it's working.

[sethbahookey]

Is there any tutorial out there that explains how to do this from the PHP files? Although I sure it's super simple with the plugin you listed. I'd like to learn how to do this from scratch. I found a tutorial on this from 4 years ago. I feel like there has got to be a more current version?

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