Sidebar on blog not showing up

• miabosna

  said

  I am trying to get the blog to show up with a sidebar on the right. Can you help direct me to where this change needs to happen? What area ultimately controls the main setup of the blog? thank you

• jeffw

  said

  In the layout manager (Appearance > Layout Manager > Layouts) you need to make sure that you have appropriate layouts set for the blog and single post areas…

       

  Don’t forget to click the Save Settings button when you have finished making your changes.

  The following two posts may help you to understand how Vellum layouts work…

       → http://para.llel.us/support/groups/vellum/forum/topic/how-to-switch-template/#post-55423
       → http://para.llel.us/support/groups/vellum/forum/topic/how-do-i-base-a-page-on-a-layout/#post-54650

  Thanks.

• miabosna

  said

  thanks for that info. I have followed your instructions but I’m not seeing the results I had hoped for.
  I have set Appearance > Layout Manager > Layouts to the blog and single post and set up the post without and custom settings. I’m not sure what else to check.

• jeffw

  said

  This is your blog page, yes? http://annmccloudsneath.com/health-blog/

  And this is a single post, yes? → http://annmccloudsneath.com/im-here-to-answer-your-health-questions-ask-away/

  Both of those pages have sidebar areas that are currently unpopulated (i.e. empty)…

            

  In the above screenshots, the areas I have shaded red are the sidebar areas.

  To populate sidebar areas, in your admin sidebar go to Appearance > Widgets. Drag widgets from the left and drop them into the appropriate sidebar areas on the right…

       

  For more information about adding widgets to sidebar areas please refer to the official WordPress documentation…
       → https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets

  Or search the internet for “adding content to sidebar in wordpress” and similar. → http://lmgtfy.com/?q=adding+content+to+sidebar+in+wordpress

  Thanks.

• miabosna

  said

  I had already set up the sidebar widget and it wasn’t showing up. Is there something in customizing or some other place that would prevent this from showing up?
  thanks

• jeffw

  said

  If the sidebars on your pages are empty, it means the sidebar areas in Appearance > Widgets are empty. Are you sure you have added your content to the correct sidebar area?

• miabosna

  said

  I had added to the wrong widget. Thanks for your help. It’s working fine now.