Post Archive List – Sidebar, search, widgets

Category: Post Archive | Components: Posts Module, Sidebar, Site Search, WordPress Widgets

Template Details

Use cases

Use this layout on sites with blog posts that may have smaller or lower quality images OR have good images BUT prefer a higher emphasis on the text content/excerpts e.g. news article sites, journal or publisher sites, informational sites, religious, medical or educational sites, etc.

Component breakdown

Posts feed – the template is using standard beaver builder posts module, default layout with the featured image floated to the left at a width of 33%.
- The number of posts that show on a page before pagination occurs is controlled by the WordPress reading settings – to change this, go to dashboard > settings > reading > and then change the blog feed value and save, this will automatically adjust on the posts archive page
- This layout template is made with the posts module’s content source set to main query since it is made for themer layouts. If for any reason, this template is to be used on a static page, change the content source from main to custom query. If you are using it on an archive themer layout, make sure to keep the content source as main query only.
Sidebar – this template’s sidebar consists of the following elements:
- Site Search – template uses a PowerPack search module set to its classic style, taking up the space provided by the column its in. Feel free to swap this search module with an HTML module containing a shortcode for the Search and Filter plugin if specific parameters are needed or if only a specific post type should be included in the search results.
- Recent Posts – template uses the default WordPress widget for recent posts with a limit of 5, and with display post date enabled
- Post Categories – template uses the default WordPress widget for post categories, with the number of posts per category enabled and with empty categories hidden
- Post Archives – template uses the default WordPress widget for post archives, categorizing posts by post month and year

Custom code

This layout does not make use of any custom HTML or CSS. All items have been styled within the modules or are using default styling from the customizer.

How to Use

Download & Import Templates

Choose one of the available template packages to download from the sidebar to the right
Click the button to download the .xml for the desired template package
Go to the site you want to import the template on, once you've installed GD Core and set up all the required plugins
Go to the dashboard > tools > import - then at the bottom, under WordPress click "install now" > then click "run importer"
Select your downloaded template package .xml from the "choose file" button > then click "upload file and import"

Step 1

Step 2

Apply Templates to Layouts

Header - New Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "header" and make sure layout is set to "header" > click "add themer layout"
Then follow the regular steps of setting up a header where you choose whether the header will be sticky, shrink or overlay, and assign the header to the location of "entire site" unless stated otherwise
Publish the header layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Choose the package's header template and then select "replace existing layout"
Make your necessary adjustments to the header and then publish

Top Bar - Part Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "top bar" and make sure layout is set to "part" > click "add themer layout"
For the position select "before header" and for the location select "entire site" unless stated otherwise
Publish the part layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Choose the package's top bar template that you want to use - refresh the layout without publishing it so that you can be sure any CSS that's included with the layout transfers over
If the layout has any custom CSS you will be able to see this and make adjustments to it from the tools dropdown in beaver builder > layout CSS/JavaScript
If the layout is using a custom HTML module, you will see commented out instructions inside the module for you to follow when making changes
Make your necessary adjustments to the top bar (like adding/removing icons or setting colors) and then publish

Footer - New Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "footer" and make sure layout is set to "footer" > click "add themer layout"
Then assign the footer to the location of "entire site" unless stated otherwise
Publish the footer layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Choose the package's footer template and then select "replace existing layout"
Make your necessary adjustments to the footer and then publish

Hero - Page Layout

Open the homepage in beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select the hero template that you downloaded and imported and make any necessary design changes - swap any hero images out for ones that are actually hosted on your site, change any colors and sizes as needed.

Posts - Archive Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "Post Archive" and make sure layout is set to "Archive" > click "add themer layout"
For the location: change this to "post archive" OR "All Archives" - if you use all archives, then you wont have to create layouts for post categories or search pages or tag archives etc. (when creating a layout for all archives, its probably best to do it with the feed or grid layouts - tiles layout is better for just the post archive - if you want all archives to use the tiles layout you can, but just make sure all posts and pages that can be searched have featured images so that the tiles don’t look bad)
Publish the layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select desired template > click "replace existing layout" - refresh the layout without publishing it so that you can be sure any CSS that's included with the layout transfers over
Make sure you "view as" the post archive or a category that has posts in it, so that you can see what you're styling
Make sure the module's content is always set to main query when you're in an archive themer layout
If the layout has any custom CSS you will be able to see this and make adjustments to it from the tools dropdown in beaver builder > layout CSS/JavaScript
If the layout is using a custom HTML module, you will see commented out instructions inside the module for you to follow when making changes
Proceed to style/include/exclude elements as needed and then publish

Posts - Singular Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "Post Singular" and make sure layout is set to "Singular" > click "add themer layout"
For the location: change this to "post" > "all posts" - Do NOT set the location to "All Singular" since this applies to pages as well and can mess up the site
Publish the layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select desired template > click "replace existing layout" - refresh the layout without publishing it so that you can be sure any CSS that's included with the layout transfers over
Make sure you "view as" a post that has content in it, so that you can see what you're styling
Make sure any text on the layout is set via field connection when you're in a singular themer layout, unless its text that must be repeated across all posts that share the layout
If the layout has any custom CSS you will be able to see this and make adjustments to it from the tools dropdown in beaver builder > layout CSS/JavaScript
If the layout is using a custom HTML module, you will see commented out instructions inside the module for you to follow when making changes
Proceed to style/include/exclude elements as needed and then publish

Products - Archive Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "Product Archive" and make sure layout is set to "Archive" > click "add themer layout"
For the location: change this to "product archive" - add another location and change it to "product tag archive" - add a third location and change it to "product category archive"
Publish the layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select desired template > click "replace existing layout" - refresh the layout without publishing it so that you can be sure any CSS that's included with the layout transfers over
Make sure you "view as" the product archive or category that has posts in it, so that you can see what you're styling
Make sure the module's content is always set to main query when you're in an archive themer layout
If the layout has any custom CSS you will be able to see this and make adjustments to it from the tools dropdown in beaver builder > layout CSS/JavaScript
If the layout is using a custom HTML module, you will see commented out instructions inside the module for you to follow when making changes
Proceed to style/include/exclude elements as needed and then publish

Products - Singular Themer Layout

Hover over "new" > click "themer layout"
Name the title "Product Singular" and make sure layout is set to "Singular" > click "add themer layout"
For the location: change this to "product" > "all products" - Do NOT set the location to "All Singular" since this applies to pages as well and can mess up the site
Publish the layout, then launch beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select desired template > click "replace existing layout" - refresh the layout without publishing it so that you can be sure any CSS that's included with the layout transfers over
Make sure you "view as" a product that has content in it, so that you can see what you're styling
Make sure any text on the layout is set via field connection when you're in a singular themer layout, unless its text that must be repeated across all products that share the layout
If the layout has any custom CSS you will be able to see this and make adjustments to it from the tools dropdown in beaver builder > layout CSS/JavaScript
If the layout is using a custom HTML module, you will see commented out instructions inside the module for you to follow when making changes
Proceed to style/include/exclude elements as needed and then publish

Contact - Page Layout

Open the contact page in beaver builder
From the plus sign to the right of the screen, select templates > saved templates > you should see the templates listed here that are supposed to be included in your package
Select the contact page template that you downloaded and imported and make any necessary design changes - replace the content and swap any images out for ones that are actually hosted on your site, change any colors and sizes as needed.

Note:

Feel free to adjust the widths of the columns to work with whatever changes you make to the template's components.

Make sure to check these adjustments on tablet and mobile responsive views as well to make sure the layouts appear correct on all screen sizes.

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Package Template Includes: Main Query: Post Archive Feed, Singular Post, Singular Post with contents | Custom Query: Post Grid Module, Post Slider Module, Post Carousel Module, Post Categories Module

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