Make a One-Column Template from a Two-Column Template

wilsontd
(@wilsontd)

14 years, 6 months ago

Hello,
I am new to WordPress (hard to guess, huh?) and am setting up my first site using the theme “Unnamed Lite 1.0” by Xu Yiyang. I really like this theme, and am happy with the way it looks: http://thehorsemansagent.com/wptest/

I am trying to create a Template that I can use for my static Pages. I want this Template to be available for creating Pages that span the entire width, with no sidebars whatsoever.

I have copied/re-named some of the existing pages from the theme, and have tried to alter them to create the template that I am seeking. The pages I have tried to alter are:

Theme:
Page with Comments Page Template (page-comments.php)

Style Sheets:
two_column.css (two_column.css)
Stylesheet (style.css)

I am having no luck, and am obviously missing something fundamental. If anyone can help me I can assure you that I am both a fast and appreciative learner!

Thank you!

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esmi
(@esmi)

14 years, 6 months ago
You’d need to:

1. Read http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates

2. Remove the call the get_sidebar() from the new page template.

3. Edit <div id="primary-content"> to something like <div id="wide-content"> in the new page template.

4. Add:
```
#wide-content {
display:inline;
line-height:1.6em;
margin:0 1.5%;
overflow:hidden;
text-align:left;
}
```
to style.css
Thread Starter wilsontd
(@wilsontd)

14 years, 6 months ago

Thank you so much, esmi!

I have been reading quite a lot during the past week fairly slowly and methodically, but like everyone probably does– I sometimes get ahead of myself and want to “jump ahead” a little bit in the lessons.

Thank you very much for your time, the link, and the code ..!!

Thread Starter wilsontd
(@wilsontd)

14 years, 6 months ago

Esmi,

It worked perfect! Here is the link:

http://thehorsemansagent.com/wptest/big-wide-page

Thanks again so much! Now I need to go to the bottom of that page and get rid of that “Comments are currently closed.” banner, and the “Search blog archives” box.

But in the meantime, I can at least start creating all of the full-width static Pages for the site.

Thanks again for taking the time…

esmi
(@esmi)

14 years, 6 months ago

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/comments_popup_link#Hide_Comment_Link_When_Comments_Are_Deactivated

Thread Starter wilsontd
(@wilsontd)

14 years, 6 months ago

Thank you again for your time, esmi!

I had just deleted that call on the new php file created for full-width static Pages, but this is so much cleaner and gives me the flexibility of having comments at least available on a rare occasion when I might want them on a static full-width Page.

Thank you!

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