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How to Add Background Color to a Sidebar so that it Extends to the Bottom of the Page

In this session a member wants to know how to add background color to a sidebar so that it extends to the bottom of the page on his full-width framework site. We show how to use a background image for the entire page that includes the sidebar color and content area color. We use Photoshop [...]

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How to Add a Background Color to the Sidebar that Extends to Bottom of the Content

In this session we show how to make the background color of the sidebar extend to the bottom of the content. To accomplish that, we show how to create a background image to use instead of a background color. We use our Thesis Full Width Backgrounds plugin to add the image and then we set [...]

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How to Display a List of Blog Categories in the Sidebar

In this session we show the different options for how to display a list of blog categories in the sidebar using the Categories Widget. We also show how to use the Widgets Reloaded plugin to set some additional settings that the default categories setting doesn’t allow you to do.

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How to Add Product Categories to the Menu and the Sidebar in Shopp

In this session, we show how to add product categories to the menu and sidebar in Shopp. For the menu we go to Appearance and then add pages and product categories to a menu. For the sidebar, we show how to use a category widget to achieve the desired result.

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How to Create a Page With No Sidebars

In this session we show how to turn off sidebars in a page by simply selecting a “No Sidebar” template in the Page Attributes. Video Transcript Okay so next we’ve got Mr. Makowski. Brian, how are you doing? Hey, I’m good Rick. Can you hear me? I can hear you just fine. Let’s see, so [...]

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How to Create Custom Templates For Posts – Part 4 – Add Custom Sidebars

This is the fourth in a short series on creating custom template styles for posts. We will be using Thesis hooks and filters to create these “post templates”. In this part we write the functions that creates the custom sidebars and then adds them to the appropriate post template. Video Transcript So then the next [...]

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Troubleshooting Thesis Custom Templates – Part 5 – Custom Sidebar Content

The member wants to have a specific custom template sidebar and also wants to have varying content in each of those instances of the sidebar. We discuss using a plugin for controlling which widgets are displayed on which pages. Select the link below to watch a high definition version of this video Video Transcript Jason:          [...]

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Thesis Sidebars – Reconfigure Sidebars Without a Custom Template

Thesis 1.8 now features a method of reconfiguring the sidebars without using custom templates. Girlie has posted on the DIY Themes Forum that describes a method of dynamically selecting sidebars and sidebar configurations without using a custom template. That forum thread can be found here. This can be used along with my blog post on [...]

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How to Add External Links to the Sidebar

A member asks how he can add a set of links with sub links in a widget to his sidebar. We accomplish this by creating a link category and then creating a group of links. There is no feature that creates sub links as there is for sub categories so instead we use groups of [...]

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How to Use a Background Image in a Sidebar

A member asked how to add a background image to his sidebar.  We use Firebug and Web Developer to identify the image and the various elements that will give him the effect he wants.  His site presents the challenge of already having a background defined that interferes with the sidebar background display. Video Transcript Okay [...]

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How to have a page with a single column layout on a site with a 2 column layout

This member has a 2 column site with a static homepage (front page).  However he wants the homepage layout to have a single column layout.  By single column layout he means the layout that has sidebars 1 and 2 below the content area.  We discuss the best way to create that functionality on his site. [...]

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Configure Custom Sidebars and Custom Templates

It this video we have a rather rambling discussion of how to use custom sidebars and custom templates to change up the page layout within a site. We also discuss the impact of making changes to an existing site and look at resources for learning how to do the various customization tasks. Video Transcript Rick: [...]

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