Sorry, I should have read the doc FIRST. Here’s the answer for anyone reading:
“How to enable full width pages on the TwentySixteen theme?
TwentySixteen is the default theme that comes with WordPress. There are two ways to enable full width pages on TwentySixteen, the easy way, and the harder hard code way.
Easy, no coding way
1. With the easy way, all you have to do is install the Twenty Sixteen Child theme we’ve built for you.
2. Go edit the page you created, and under “Page Attributes” select the “Full Width” template.
3. Go through the 4 steps mentioned earlier, and check to see the green color spans through the whole width of the page.
4. Now you can design any page on Elementor with truly full width sections.”
https://docs.elementor.com/article/40-full-width-template
Hi @carolemagouirk,
Did you succeed?
Technically, yes, but it’s far from the “Total Customization Over Layout” without coding that it claims when using a basic template, like I was.
You’ll still have to design and code the header, footer, and sidebars as well as WordPress generated pages such as archives and 404 (unless you find a theme that looks the way you want out-of-the-box).
I like that Elementor allows the user to fluidly adjust column widths, but that’s about it. I can’t choose to work in the backend or add custom css to a page or post, the way Visual Composer allows.
I tried to make a page using Elementor then try again using Visual Composer, but I couldn’t get Visual Composer to upload to my personal website… so, take what you want from that.
In conclusion, it’s a beautiful, modern-looking drag n’ drop layout plugin for people that hate working with the WordPress UI.
@carolemagouirk You hit the nail on the head there.
It looks as though I almost need a completely blank theme where each page is nothing but the_content…
I’m just really confused about how I can get “Total Customization Over Layout” as your landing page suggests.
I really feel like I’m missing something.
Technically, yes, but it’s far from the “Total Customization Over Layout” without coding that it claims when using a basic template, like I was.
I’ve come to realise this too, I came to this forum searching for someone talking about this. I can only edit the_content part of the page and I had gone as far as creating a custom page template and editing it so that all that is in it is this
<?php /* Template Name: CustomPageA */ ?>
<?php get_header(); the_post(); ?>
<main class="page-wrap-single-page main" role="main">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</main><?php # END page-wrap-single-post ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
I want to have the full ability just like the introductory videos but none of my themes have “the_content” reaching all the way up to the top of the page. I’ve tried to remove <?php get_header(); the_post(); but the page ends up, loading without any CSS stylings.
So my options right now for achieving that effect is learn to create my own theme that is compatible with Elementor where all i have is a minimal header and the_content and then a footer.
My second option is to edit my current theme CSS file and change where every thing is to take full advantage of Elementor.
Bottomline: Someone needs to show us how to edit a theme to optimize it for Elementor and in the future Elementor should sell Elementor-Ready Themes.
hey –even better I have used
GeneratePressVersion: 1.3.27 theme
lots more room to build headers and menus and footers
give it a try –!!
Joanne
jep.
elementor with generate press is an awesome team!
great advantages: both lightweight and strong with no ugly shortcodes.
but: both have to be improved to beat its competitiors completely!* 🙂
*this been said regarding the ‘total customization over layout’.
and yes – some deeper tuts for elementor even would be great.
I appreciate your comments and suggestions in this thread.
Just starting with GeneratePres + Elementor to set up a demo for a client. Thought I’d take a shortcut and use a template from the library. All is good until I come to the footer and sidebar.
Anything new on how to edit other than content in templates?
Discovered:
My footer, header & sidebar issues were related to the templates only in so far as the templates work with the content areas of the site only.
Heading back to the GeneratePress theme I was able to work with the footer, etc. Ir went even better when I bought the full theme with the add-ons. I recommend doing this. There’s so much more than can be done and quickly.
Though I haven’t done this yet, there is an addon called Disable Elements:
allows you to disable specific elements on certain pages and posts such as the header, navigation, headline (title) and footer. This is perfect for creating sales pages or simply creating a page without the automatically added header.
–generatepress.com/knowledgebase/disable-elements/
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scott1137. Reason: typos
Hey there,
This was exactly what I was looking for until I tried to add images and it does not work. Everything else did .. My theme is Baskerville
If you are looking for total compatibility, check out http://pojo.me, themes made for Elementor Page Builder
It does not completely work with GeneratePress at all..
@benpines — problem is, after the homepage all the themes at http://pojo.me look the same.
