Editing Bitácora theme sidebar

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  jangawolof · Member · Aug 20, 2023 at 6:22 pm

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  I am a long time WordPress dot com user and for the life of me I can’t figure out how to edit the Bitácora theme sidebar. The generic text in the column seems uneditable and can’t select any of the other items in the column to edit them. The most that happens is a box that pops up with instructions on how to edit but following the instructions just brings back that same pop-up. I’ve tried both Editor and Customize from the Appearance menu and neither give any obvious option on how to edit the righthand sidebar.
  
  I can create new blocks in the sidebar but I can’t edit or delete the placeholder content without deleting the whole column.
  
  I am still playing around with the template editor while I compose this post and the only workaround I can figure is to create a new column and then delete the original column and that was just something I did accidentally while clicking around as the option to create a new column is not immediately apparent.
  
  I don’t know if my browser has anything to do with it but I am using Safari.

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  jangawolof · Member · Aug 20, 2023 at 6:44 pm

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  Better workaround…delete column then open Blocks, scroll to THEME and select ‘sidebar’…creates new sidebar with same placeholder content except it is now editable.

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  jangawolof · Member · Aug 20, 2023 at 9:45 pm

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  I was able to edit the theme template from the Appearance menu using the trick I commented above but now I’m trying to edit the template via the post editor however there is no actual way to save the template once it’s been edited. My goal is to remove the sidebar from posts (while keeping it on pages). Trying to click out back to the main menu a pop up message appears saying I have unsaved changes am I sure I want to leave this page. I only get this message after attempting to edit the template. The save button on the top right says ‘saved’ with a checkmark so it’s not the post itself that needs saving but must be the template — which doesn’t offer any obvious way to save it.

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  supernovia · Staff · Aug 22, 2023 at 8:49 pm

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  Hi @jangawolof, I can see you’re currently using Nucleare, but going forward:

  My goal is to remove the sidebar from posts (while keeping it on pages).

  You’ll want to edit the Single template in themes that support that.

  Remove the sidebar, then take all of the content-related stuff out of the column and just put them in the group. Or you can just edit code, then copy and paste this:

  <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"header","theme":"pub/bitacora","tagName":"header"} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:group {"tagName":"main","layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
  <main class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:post-date /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-title {"style":{"spacing":{"margin":{"top":"0.5rem"}}}} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-featured-image /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-content {"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:group {"layout":{"type":"flex"}} -->
  <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:post-terms {"term":"category"} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-terms {"term":"post_tag"} /--></div>
  <!-- /wp:group -->
  
  <!-- wp:group {"layout":{"type":"constrained"}} -->
  <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} -->
  <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/>
  <!-- /wp:separator -->
  
  <!-- wp:post-author {"showBio":false,"byline":"Posted by:"} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-author-biography /-->
  
  <!-- wp:separator {"className":"is-style-wide"} -->
  <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/>
  <!-- /wp:separator --></div>
  <!-- /wp:group -->
  
  <!-- wp:spacer {"height":"3rem"} -->
  <div style="height:3rem" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>
  <!-- /wp:spacer -->
  
  <!-- wp:group {"layout":{"type":"flex","flexWrap":"nowrap","justifyContent":"space-between"}} -->
  <div class="wp-block-group"><!-- wp:post-navigation-link {"type":"previous","label":"Previous Post","arrow":"chevron"} /-->
  
  <!-- wp:post-navigation-link {"textAlign":"right","label":"Next Post","arrow":"chevron"} /--></div>
  <!-- /wp:group -->
  
  <!-- wp:spacer {"height":"3rem"} -->
  <div style="height:3rem" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>
  <!-- /wp:spacer -->
  
  <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"comments","theme":"pub/bitacora"} /--></main>
  <!-- /wp:group -->
  
  <!-- wp:template-part {"slug":"footer","theme":"pub/bitacora","tagName":"footer"} /-->

  You’ll need to hit Save once, then once again to confirm the template changes. Hoping this helps!

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  jangawolof · Member · Sep 8, 2023 at 2:16 am

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  Thank you.