seem to have lost related posts

Hi Stu. Do you have a modified single.php theme template file in a child theme?

What you’ll find in the new version is that several of the object names and locations have changed. For example, in your child theme single.php file you’ll probably see this:

<?php if ( ot_get_option( 'related-posts' ) != '1' ) { get_template_part('inc/related-posts'); } ?>\

In the new version that has been changed to this:

<?php if ( '1' != hu_get_option( 'related-posts' ) ) { get_template_part('parts/related-posts'); } ?>

What I’d recommend is making a note of the modifications that you made to your single.php file, copy the new version of the file to your child theme (overwriting the current version) and reapply your changes. Likewise, if you’ve copied theme-specific functions from the parent theme into your child theme you should check those as well as some of those have been renamed. Most of the theme functions are now in these two files:
/functions/init-core.php
/functions/init-front.php

Most of the css element selector names have remained the same. One thing different is that you no longer need to import or enqueue the parent stylesheet. The theme loads both the parent and child stylesheets automatically.

You can do that but there aren’t any pre-defined widget areas or hooks in the page. You’d need to modify index.php and add a call to the dynamic sidebar. I can come up with some code if you’re interested.

would it be easier to have a static front page

If your primary focus is a blog I wouldn’t recommend this approach. It’s doable but why try to rework the CMS when it’s already built to do what you want.

OK. Might be a two or three hours before I can get back to you.

Give this a try:
1. Create your dynamic widgets (sidebars) and note the unique ids.
2. Add the widgets to the sidebars.
3. Copy index.php to your child theme.
4. Add the calls for the dynamic sidebars, using the unique ids, below the featured posts line:

<?php if ( hu_is_checked('featured-posts-enabled') ) { get_template_part('parts/featured'); } ?>

<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'hu_sidebars_10' ); ?>
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'hu_sidebars_11' ); ?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

5. The sidebars will be stacked at 100% width. You can use some css to space them top and bottom if needed. If you want them side-by-side, use something like this:

/* dynamic sidebars side-by-side */
.home .content .widget {
  float: left;
  margin: 10px 0 20px 1%;
  width: 48%;
}

6. To set the posts to 3 columns, in this line in index.php:

<?php if($i % 2 == 0) { echo '</div><div class="post-row">'; } $i++; endwhile; echo '</div>'; ?>

Change ($i % 2 == 0) to ($i % 3 == 0)

7. Add this custom css:

.home .post-list .post {
width: 33%;
}

Update – ok I’ve fixed that problem!

Just now having a problems with posts not appearing – think there’s a plugin conflict!

I’ll keep working on it,

Cheers.