Need sidebar on Homepage

@papireper The fastest way would be to create a copy of the homepage template, rename it like template-homepage2.php and add the code below before or after the #primary block.

<?php do_action( 'storefront_sidebar' ); ?>

After this, you’ll have to create some custom CSS to place sidebar on the left side.

Note that you can’t do this on the template-homepage.php file as there’s a CSS for it to force the page to be in full width. Also, it is recommended to do your edits for this on a child theme. Hope this helps!

Thank you @wooassist!
I’ll try it soon and will take a feedback here!
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Any way doing this without messing around with code? Would be much appreciated! ??

Hi there,

Just trying to do what was recommended by ‘wooassist’.

If I change the template to be template-homepage2, how do I ensure that my homepage calls that template and not the original template-homepage?

Cheers
Kristy

Same question here as tandiSD:

– Any way doing this without messing around with code?

E g – any premium plugin, or so, that goes with this template?

Cheers!

Hi there, I had a similar thread, and James Koster (a key storefront contributor) advised me the below:

“
You mean you want a sidebar on the homepage template? Unfortunately this isn’t an option and would require some customisation.

Before <?php get_footer(); ?> in template-homepage.php you’d need to add <?php do_action( ‘storefront_sidebar’ ); ?> to display the sidebar.

You’d then need to apply the appropriate css to fix the layout.”

I think some of us (or quite a few) Storefront-users need an easier more code-free fix for this Kamkya, and James Koster ??

Hi, if you’re looking for a cheats way to get content on the homepage without coding:

-You can use the homepage content (editing the page home itself)
OR
-I’ve sneakily used the widget ‘footer bar’ and added text contents to it, to create some additional areas of static content on the homepage
https://www.hecanterbury.co.nz/ (it’s not finished but it will give you an idea of the below)
(My ‘need a site visit/get a trade account etc’ is one one ‘footer bar’ text block)
(And my row of brands is in another ‘footer bar’ text block) – Simply set visibility on the widgets to be to display on the homepage only if you only want them to show on the home page.

So these aren’t quite a sidebar, but it’s another way of getting any content on the homepage you like

Thanks for advices Kamkya.
And nice site ??

Hello,

Same question here as tandiSD:

– Any way doing this without messing around with code?

E g – any premium plugin, or so, that goes with this template?

Thank you.