Oxygen theme: how to remove Secondary Sidebar in order to use that space

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  orientaltextiles · Member · May 7, 2015 at 8:05 am

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  I wish to remove Secondary Sidebar in ALL of my posts/pages in order to use that space.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  musicdoc1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 8:30 pm

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  From the Oxygen theme guide,

  …the Secondary Sidebar displays search, links, and meta by default if no widgets are configured in Appearance → Widgets.

  Adding another widget, or multiple widgets, results in the removal of the default widgets. An empty text widget will leave the area empty.

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  timethief · Member · May 7, 2015 at 8:43 pm

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  @musicdoc1

  in order to use that space.

  Removing a sidebar or placing an empty text widget at the top of the sidebar will not allow the blogger to blog in that space.
  Please see here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-remove-a-sidebar-from-my-pages?replies=3#post-2375665

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  musicdoc1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 9:10 pm

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  @ timethief,

  Removing a sidebar or placing an empty text widget at the top of the sidebar will not allow the blogger to blog in that space.

  Of course I know that. The member didn’t specify how they wanted to use the space. I presumed the intention was to place other widgets there.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm

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  I just mentioned the empty text widget as a means of leaving the space vacant as an option.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 9:27 pm

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  …while deciding which widgets to insert there.

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  timethief · Member · May 7, 2015 at 9:31 pm

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  @musicdoc1
  Okay then. I’m moving on.

  @orientaltextiles
  Please be patient while waiting for a Volunteer who helps with CSS editing or Staff respond here to help you.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 8, 2015 at 3:27 am

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  Hi @orientaltextiles, I’m assuming you are wishing to remove the right sidebar and recover that space for post/page content. I’ve included the last two rules to adjust the width on some other elements so that they align on the right. Give the following a try and see what you think.

  #tertiary {
      display: none;
  }
  .page-template-showcase-php #content, #content {
      margin-right: 0;
  }
  .comments-title, #comments #reply-title {
      width: 100%;
  }
  .section-title h1 {
      width: 96%;
  }

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  musicdoc1 · Member · May 8, 2015 at 4:14 am

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  Thanks, timethief and sacredpath,

  I obviously misread the OP. The intention to use the space for something other than widgets is rather clear.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 8, 2015 at 9:35 pm

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  @musicdoc1, no worries, and many thanks for the help in the forums. :)

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  orientaltextiles · Member · May 10, 2015 at 6:49 am

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  @thesacredpath, thanks! it answers my question :)
  Later on, in case I wish to put the Secondary Sidebar back on to SOME of my posts/pages, is it feasible?

  @musicdoc1, @timethief, thanks for the help and encouragement :)

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 10, 2015 at 8:43 pm

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  Yes, we can reverse that change on a page-by-page basis by using the page id CSS body class, so if you decide you wish to do that, just let us know.

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  orientaltextiles · Member · May 17, 2015 at 7:06 pm

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  Yes, I wish to do that for this page:
  http://paulshaperproductions.com/postcards-2/

  Please show me know.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · May 22, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  Let me know if this does the trick:

  .page-id-1254 #tertiary {
      display: inherit;
  }
  .page-id-1254 #content {
      margin-right: 29.7872%;
  }
  .page-id-1254 .comments-title, .page-id-1254 #comments #reply-title {
      width: auto;
  }
  .page-id-1254 .section-title h1 {
      width: auto;
  }