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DW Argo: Sidebar Positions

When you log into Dashboard, go to Appearance >> Widgets, we can see five Sidebars of DW Argo: Main Sidebar, Archive Sidebar, Single Sidebar, Shop Sidebar and Top Sidebar. Here is our instruction for these sidebars.

1. Main Sidebar Configuration

Main Sidebar is used to show widgets on the Home Page as you wish . To build a sidebar as the Demo site, we need to use widgets below: Text, DW Twitter, Query Posts.

main sidebar
Main Sidebar on Home Page
  • Regarding Text Widget, you can add HTML, CSS code as you wish to be compatible with your theme.
  • DW Twitter is a plugin developed by DesignWall. Please follow our instruction here.
  • Query Posts Widget allows you to show posts in any way you wish on your site.

Below is our instruction on how to set up the Query Posts Widget.

Step 1 Go to Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New

  • Search ” Query Posts” , then install and activate this plugin.
Activate_Query_plugin
Activate Query Posts Widget

Step 2 Log in to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets >> Main Sidebar

  • Find Query Posts widget on the left column, then drag and drop it to Main Sidebar.
  • Click on down arrow of Query Posts Widget to set up.
query_posts_widget_dw_argo
Query Posts Widget

Front-end Appearance

frontend of query posts widget
Front-end of Query Posts Widget

2. Archive Sidebar

This Sidebar will be displayed on the Archive Pages. It is similar to the Main Sidebar settings, you can customize, add more other widgets if needed.

In our Demo site, we used the following widgets: Text, DW Argo: Tabs, Query Posts, Dw Twitter Widget.

archive sidebar
Archive Sidebar

Below is our guideline on how to build DW Argo: Tabs widget. Regarding Text, Query Posts and DW Twitter widget, please follow our direction above to learn how to configure these widgets.

Step 1Go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets >> Archive Sidebar

  • Drag and drop DW Argo: Tabs to Archive Sidebar.
backend settngs of dw tabs
Back-end Settings of DW Argo Tabs

Step 2 Drag and drop other widgets to DW Argo: Tabs widget as shown the following:

Display other widgets inside in a tab

Front-end Appearance

frontend of dw tabs widget
Front-end o DW Argo Tabs widget

3. Single Posts Sidebar

This sidebar will be shown on the single post page and it has the same configuration way as Main and Archive Sidebar, so please follow our instruction above to build Single Posts Sidebar.

Note: If you do not set up the single posts sidebar in the back-end, the main sidebar will be displayed on single posts page.
sidebar on single posts page
Sidebar on the single posts page

4. Top Sidebar

The Top Sidebar gives you the option to display an ads banner under Main Menu on the Home Page. Drag and drop Text widget to the Top Sidebar and insert the ads banner link as shown in the screenshot below to display like our demo page.

Top Sidebar in backend
Back-end Settings

Here is the front-end appearance:

Top Sidebar on Homepage
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Introduction Installation Setting the Homepage Page Layouts Available Widgets Sidebar Positions Menus Settings Shop Page Customize Section Footer Text Featured Images Featured Images On Posts Category Icons on Main Menu Excerpt of Posts Contact Page Pricing Table FAQs CHANGE LOG