Where is the Custom Sidebar Template?

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 8:23 am

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  I just switched to the Twenty Eleven theme. However, I hadn’t noticed that the sidebar disappears on individual posts and pages. That is really bad for my traffic.

  In your twentyeleven demo, I saw that there was a way of keeping the side bar (http://twentyelevendemo.wordpress.com/a-page-with-a-sidebar/). However, I cannot find that element in my Dashboard.

  I hope you’ll answer quickly. Otherwise I’ll have to switch back to TwentyTen.

  Help! And thank you.

  Stéphane
  Blog url: http://tout2dieu.wordpress.com/

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:02 am

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  Twenty Eleven leaves sidebars off of posts, but you can specify the “Sidebar Template” for the page where you want to show a sidebar. This is done on the page editing screen, on the “Page Attributes” box.

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:11 am

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  Thanks Vanillalounge for your response.

  That worked great for the pages. However, I don’t see the same option for the articles. Can it also be done? If someone refers to my blog article, I’d like them to have the sidebar as well.

  Thanks ahead.

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:16 am

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  I’m afraid Twenty Eleven does not show a sidebar for posts, sorry.

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:20 am

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  Arghhhh!

  OK, I’ll stay with it for a while and see the effect on my traffic. I like the fonts and the very clean look. It would be a pity to go back to the sad fonts of TwentyTen. :-)

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:23 am

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  You can have gorgeous fonts on any theme, remember Custom Design… :)

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:28 am

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  Riiighht… ;-)

  When the blog starts making money (or has the ambition to), I’ll consider it. Until then, $12 a year for a domain is plenty enough.

  But that said, I love WordPress!

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:29 am

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  Not for me to say, of course, but consider how much you spend on, say, coffee (if you drink it). In a month. :)

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:41 am

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  :-) Good try, but that argument doesn’t work with me. Not a coffee drinker (or any other drink).

  PS. I do admit I’d be tempted to try the custom thing if it was under $10 (or even better under $5) for a month. I’m not going to be tweaking the blog for a whole year.

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:43 am

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  No problem, but let me tempt you one last time: You can still use Custom Design in Preview mode, for free, you just won’t be able to apply the changes.

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:50 am

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  I see you’re also using the TwentyEleven theme.

  Are you satisfied with the lack of sidebar on your posts? How about the effect on traffic?

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:55 am

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  I’m not in it for the traffic… :D

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  tout2dieu · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:56 am

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  OK, thanks again for your quick response. Over and out.

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jul 5, 2011 at 9:58 am

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  And yes, I love Twenty Eleven. I use it on other sites too and I find that the best policy to increase traffic is solid, interesting and regular content, a beautiful theme :P and connections to Facebook and Twitter. Don’t miss the sidebar at all. Keep in mind that the footer widgets will show on your whole site, also on posts.