Is it possible to remove the sidebar from the blog page on the motif template?

  • Unknown's avatar
    u002krm · Member ·

    I have tried setting the blog page to “full width” and there doesn’t seem to be any widgets in the sidebar when I look under widgets, and yet there is a sidebar on my blog page with blog archives. I would like the blog page to be full width if possible.

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  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Full width in this context means that your content is displayed at full width (for that theme) and no sidebar is displayed.

    I would like the blog page to be full width if possible.

    There may be a way to do this with the Custom Design upgrade. How wide do you want your site to be? Full width can be almost anything, depending on wether the visitor is on a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

    Thanks for the additional info!

  • Unknown's avatar
    u002krm · Member ·

    There is an option that you can select for each page for either “standard” or “full width”. When I choose “standard” for other pages the sidebar goes away. On the blog page, the side bar remains no matter what, even if there are no widgets in the sidebar, then a blog “archives” is automatically added. Really, I am just looking to get rid of the sidebar on the blog posts, if that is possible, so the photos can appear wider. Thanks!

  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    On the blog page, the side bar remains no matter what, even if there are no widgets in the sidebar, then a blog “archives” is automatically added.

    Yes, that is correct, and we do this for new users, so when they go to their site for the first time, there is “something” in the sidebar.

    Really, I am just looking to get rid of the sidebar on the blog posts, if that is possible, so the photos can appear wider. Thanks!

    This is no trouble at all, though it will require some custom CSS to pull it off. You can try the following lines of code, which will make the main column full width, and hide the sidebar on all blog posts.

    .content-area {
margin: 34px 0 34px 34px;
width: 1070px;
}

#secondary {
display: none;
}

    To use the above code, click on your site name on the admin menu at the top left, and in the drop-down, select “Customize” to launch the site customizer.

    From there, click on the “CSS” tab, and paste in the code I provided.

    Please note that this will be shown in preview mode, but you will have a link to purchase the Custom Design upgrade, which is necessary to use custom CSS on your site.

    The Custom Design upgrade allows you to use a wider range of fonts, tweak theme colors, and even add custom CSS. You can learn more about it here:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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