Title: Post page sidebar help?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Post page sidebar help?

 *  [angelbuff_01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelbuff_01/)
 * (@angelbuff_01)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/)
 * I have a website set up using matheson theme and i wanted to make only ONE page
   like a blog, so i went into setting and selected that page as my “post page” 
   but now it won’t let me only have the archives on the side of that page. I need
   help, i want my visitors to be able to go on and go to “blog” page and see my
   past posts but not on the other pages. It won’t let me customize just that page.
 * [http://www.youdreamdesign.com](http://www.youdreamdesign.com) is my url and 
   the page i want set up as a blog is titled “blog” and it has several posts but
   no archive.

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 *  [ellp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellp/)
 * (@ellp)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075225)
 * Hello Angel!
 * If I understand your problem correctly, you want to display your blog posts with
   the sidebar on it. Is that correct?
 * If so, you have to check your theme. Your theme must have an template that displays
   your sidebar. Check this link:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates)
 * Let me know if it helps 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [angelbuff_01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelbuff_01/)
 * (@angelbuff_01)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075322)
 * Hello ellp!
 * I tried to find the template drop down on the page but i’m using a child theme
   and there is no template drop down on the “edit page” screen, the only page attribute
   that I can see is named “parent”. I’m wondering if this is because of the child
   theme, and if so, how do i make a new template or get a template to the child
   theme?
 * Thank you!
 *  [ellp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellp/)
 * (@ellp)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075344)
 * Hello again Angel.
 * I think you need to make a heavy modification on your theme to insert a sidebar
   as you wish. Here you have 2 options:
 * 1) the fast: choose another theme with a sidebar and replace it.
    2) learn to
   code a theme to modify the theme as you need.
 * Think about it and post your findings here.
 * Cheers.
 *  Thread Starter [angelbuff_01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelbuff_01/)
 * (@angelbuff_01)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075345)
 * Hello again as well.
 * Choosing another theme did cross my mind but i only want the sidebar on that 
   page. so my question is, if i choose another theme and then make a child theme
   won’t i be back to where i am now?
 *  Thread Starter [angelbuff_01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelbuff_01/)
 * (@angelbuff_01)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075346)
 * What i mean is will the new theme in child theme mode allow to me add a sidebar
   to just the post page?
 *  [ellp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellp/)
 * (@ellp)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075348)
 * Angel,
 * You can create a child theme, no problem on that. The problem is coding work 
   you have to do. This theme use full screen images as i noticed. So you need to
   create a work around to resize your images to fit the sidebar. This kind modification
   is not easy task So, I recommend to you use another theme that has a sidebar 
   on it. It will avoid a ton of problems coding.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-page-sidebar-help/#post-5075348)
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