Adding sidebars to pages

I have looked everywhere for a setting. This is a bug. All the posts except for my category called ‘recent updates’ do not appear on the post page at all. Further I have another ticket here (https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/topic/recent-posts-on-home-page/#post-232775) which is also an issue.
However, the posts were appearing on the post page I think. Now they are gone.

All the sidebars (on each page) are not listed, only Optional one, two or three.
I am trying to get a sidebar on my post page for instance. I have a widget in ALL the sidebars in widgets, but how to turn on sidebars for the page is the issue. There is only ‘select sidebar’ and no option under page attributes for a layout.

Also, note the second issue on this ticket for post loops, and the fact that all the posts but one category have disappeared.

My sidebar issue only appears to involve the post page. I found the setting for the others pages under page attributes.
The other 2 issues are also part of this ticket.

For the post loop. I have added post loop to the About Us page as a test. If you go there you will see what I mean. See second row (click edit on the actual box that says Post Loop.)

This screen shot will show what it SHOULD allow me to do.
http://test.shields.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PostLoopScreenShot.jpg
I took this test screen shot from another site which is using the Catch Theme “Clean Education Pro”

Further to the above which I have not heard back on.

Essentially I am using Static Page AND the Post Page.

I changed the layout default to right sidebar, which means of course that I had to manually set the template option (to full/no sidebar) on each and every page. But I wanted to see if by doing that the right sidebar would appear on the ‘POST” page (where I do want the right sidebar). IT DID NOT. [The Post page is called ‘post archives’ on this site, and is under the home tab.]

Sorry this has all been so wordy. I hope you can tell me that the next release will fix these issues with the post pages and other issues above.

I do prefer Catch Themes and appreciate your tech support very much.
Best Regards.

Skandha. You continue to misunderstand the exact place I am pointing you to. Yes, the side bar is on the posts and pages, but not on the POST page. The POST page is the page one selects when you opts for static front page. When this is done you must also assigning an actual post page. I have told you where it is on the site, under the home tab, called Post Archives. THIS PAGE does not have a side bar option and this page is the actual POST page where all the post made are listed one below the other. Can you go to that page please. This is where the theme is not set up correctly to accommodate a side bar but other catch themes do accommodate this.

The category option for the home page is not working on a static page. This was confirmed by the other support person who replied to my other post. I can select my category ‘current posts’ for the home page from the list shown, but all the posts will still show up. The category selected is not over riding this.

Thank you for the post loop link. I will look into that.

This is a long post, but I hope it helps you and the developer to improve this template. It has some bugs. The tone below is a friendly one.

#1 Regarding your most recent reply (and thank you for seeing what I was pointing to)…I’m not sure I would agree it’s a glutenberg issue because the template ‘Catch Inspire Pro’, with the exact same layout options and design… does not have this problem. Using the Catch Inspire Pro theme I can set the site to static front page, then create a designated ‘POST’ page, and the template option shows up and works on the designated POST page just fine.

#2 Also: (because I hope these issues will get back to the developer….)
On the ticket I posted here: https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/topic/recent-posts-on-home-page/
tikaram (Keymaster) stated the following:
” It looks like there is an issue selecting categories when static page option is enabled on Homepage. The issue has been fixed and the update will be released soon. Thank you for informing about the issue. Let me know if you have any more issues.”

So I hope this is true. When will the next release be issued? Note: this also has to be fixed for Catch Inspire Pro.

#3 This problem with not being able to select categories when the static page option is enabled is only part of the issue. This is a nice feature and, if it worked, would do the same thing that I was attempting to resolve for myself by getting the “POST LOOP” problem resolved (using the Page Builder Post Loop Widget). The link you provided above was perfect (thank you for that), and except for a minor syntax error in the code provided by that smart user, the post loop issue is now fixed. [The syntax error was simply the final : needs to be ;]

I can use post loop on any page BUT NOT the static home page.

The reason I can’t use the post loop on the home page is because as soon as I convert the home page from ‘editor’ to ‘page builder’ another issue happens. It’s a huge conflict that you should know about.

With page builder active on the HOME page, (when the site is in static home page mode), ALL the text that is on the home page duplicates and jumps into any and all content boxes for any and all theme options that are turned on. In my case the CUSTOM ‘feature content’ text was replace by the home page text in all 3 columns. I have added a screen shots to show you.

http://test.shields.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FeatureContent.jpg

This only happened if there was actual text in the Custom Feature Content ‘content’ box. If I removed that then the unexpected home page text also cleared. It took me a while to figure out what change I had made that caused this new problem. When I converted the home page back to editor, the problem was resolved.

So, I can’t therefore use the PageBuilder post loop widget on this page. The conflict does not occur when any other page is converted to Page Builder.

#4 The other thing I mentioned earlier in THIS ticket is that the ability to select categories when static page option is enabled on Homepage (when this does eventually work) is a good feature. However, that setting should not, in my opinion as a seasoned Catch Template user, affect what appears on the designated post page. One will most certainly use that feature to narrow down what shows up on the home page, and yet still want to be able to display ALL the posts on the designated Post page, because otherwise how does anyone ever get to see those other posts at all. In other words, the post page should act as it ALWAYS does on any other template, and simply show all the posts. [My primary issue with the side bar not showing up on the designated Post page is the fact that IF this setting was in fact going to affect the Post page (until this issue is fixed) then my users should at least be able to see the category widget. But this setting on the home page options (for this theme and Catch Inspire Pro) is defective and it rules both pages. It shouldn’t.

#5 The two toggles on the Homepage / Frontpage Options don’t make sense.
“Display Recent Posts/Content on homepage”
and
“Display Recent Posts on Static Homepage.”
Because if the page is not static, and set to posts, you only need to select which categories.
And if the page IS set to static you need one or the other or both but it takes trial and error to understand what these buttons do because of they way they are worded. (The are worded differently on Catch Inspire Pro… but perhaps they act differently too… I can’t narrow it down.)

The top toggle does open the categories to view, but as stated above, selecting or narrowing down those categories ALSO narrows down what is shown on the designated post page, therefore making the post page redundant to the home page, instead of a useful site page. So besides that issue I think the wording of the toggles could be improved to better explain what they do.

I hope these suggestions help to compile the bugs all in one place so improvements can be made.

Regards
Glen
PS. I have purchased many Catch Templates to build WP sites for my clients, but have never taken up so much of your time as with this one, LOL 😛