Help with Affinity Theme
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I have activated the Affinity Theme, main reason was to do away with the side bar.
I can’t seem to remove it as a Widget. If I to the widget area and choose Sidebar then it shows no items. If I add several then they show up on the sidebar and I can go back and delete them, but two stubborn side bars won’t remove.
(I want to use them again at the bottom of the page, and find i can do that!)< but I can’t remove them on the side bar.Any advice.
Its a great looking theme, and one that I think I will get a lot of enjoyment from using and for my followers but, that sidebar. Please?David
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Some themes show a few widgets as default if you completely empty a certain widget area. Try including just a blank text widget and see if that forces the sidebar to display with nothing in. Let me know how it goes!
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Ah@!!!!!!
I added the text box.
It showed up, and so did the pesky Categories list.
Deleted the text box.
Categories still showed. But.
I then made another empty text box, and reordered it to the top, deleted the Categories list and it did in fact delete.
Then I deleted Text box and it to departed. (Thankfully). Spoilt a rather neat looking design I thougth.
So thanks for that quick response.
Now all I have to do is rebuild the side bar info at the bottom of the page and all will abe well.Thanks again.
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Hi David,
Affinity also has a “Full Width, No Sidebar” page template that you can assign to pages you don’t wish to display a sidebar on.
To assign that template to a page, firstly navigate to its editor. You’ll then find the template dropdown menu in the “Page Options” tab on the left side.
If you’ve already assigned that template to a page and are still seeing a sidebar, please share the URL to the page in your next reply and I’ll take a look.
I’ll be happy to help with any other questions, also.
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Hi siobhyb,
I’d seen that option when I was first reviewing using Affinity, but then in the heat of changing it all over, (I’d modified a few colours and boxes that didn’t work), I forgot all about it.
Yep it works for Pages, but I don’t think I can find the same feature for Posts.
Still it will make some of the Project pages easier when I get to work on them.
Thanks for the advice.
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Hi David,
You’re right that there isn’t a template option for posts but no widgets should be displayed if the sidebar area is empty. If you’re seeing differently then just let us know and we’ll take a look into what’s happening. :)
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Hi siobhyb,
thanks for the follow up.
I managed to get the sidebar under control thanks to the headsup from hallluke.
I’ve been using a long side bar routine for almost as long as I’ve been on WordPress, but really wanted a freshen up. I suspect that I’ve changed themes a few times over the years, that some ‘odd’ code managed to get in the way.
Really pleased with the way it looks now, and a couple of followers have commented nicely.
It’s a pity that Affinity doesn’t support some of those post variations of Post Format, as Asides and Gallery and Quote have worked for me nicely. Still get that feel on a page, but have to work at it a bit harder.
The big sliding panels appeals as well, so I’ve some things to look at adding in the future.
Thanks again for the help.David
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I’m glad you’ve got the sidebar under control now and that you’re generally enjoying Affinity! :) You know where to find us if extra questions do come up.
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