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Hi,
I have set my blog page and set the blog layout to be “grid layout”. How do I customize the settings for the grid layout? It defaults to 3 columns and I only want 2, I want to change the excerpt length, etc. I’ve looked all over the place for global settings but can’t seem to find them.I understand that i can use the layout builder to change these settings on the “blog” page, but that doesn’t affect the “tag” pages (when someone clicks on a tag to see all the articles with that tag). If I have to use the layout builder for the main blog page, how do I make my configured layout affect all blog pages?
Thanks in advance!Hi!
To change the number of columns in the Tag/Archive pages look for this line:
'columns' => 3,In tag.php and archive.php. To change the excerpt length you’d need to use a filter, see: http://matthewfecher.com/webdesign/wp-quick-tip-how-to-change-the-excerpt-length/
Cheers!
JosueThanks for your reply.
Is this something I am going to have to update every time there is a theme update? Or is it protected from overwriting on updates?Thanks!
The excerpt length snippet you provided does not work. Is there another one that does?
I was able to get the columns to ‘2’ on ‘tags’. Unfortunately my “blog” page is still showing 3 columns. How do I make “2” columns global?It appears that if I set the “blog” page in the enfold “theme options”, the default settings are out of my control. If I set the blog-layout to ‘grid’ and then try to control the settings on the page by adding an avia layout shortcode to the page, the page comes back blank. (the page doesn’t override the theme settings – shouldn’t it?)
If I set the blog layout to “use avia layout builder” then the other pages (tag/archive/etc) come back as one column. I’m looking for uniformity here. If I set the blog page to one layout, how do I control the layout of the extracurricular pages?
This is so frustrating. Is there documentation on this stuff that I am missing? Please post a link to the guidance on this – I don’t have all day (week?) to figure this out. It seems like I fix a setting on one page and breaks another. Is there a way to globally set this stuff?
If there’s no documentation:
1. What settings do I need on the theme options and blog layout pages to make the following work globally?
2. how do I get the author name and link to their profile to show on the grid layout?
3. How do I change the date format on the blog/tag/etc pages?
4. How do I set the number of posts displayed on the grid layout?
5. How do I get the read more link to show on the grid layout?
6. And the previous excerpt question as well (snippet didn’t work – need one that does).Thanks for any help you can provide!
Ok. I got the excerpt length handled. The code on the link you posted is for wordpress. Enfold uses a different excerpt length function that overrides the wordpress one.
So this worked to customize the excerpt length
add_filter(‘avf_postgrid_excerpt_length’,’avia_change_postgrid_excerpt_length’, 10, 1);
function avia_change_postgrid_excerpt_length($length)
{
$length = 155;
return $length;
}Still need assistance with all the other things though…any help is appreciated!
Hi!
In case you have any questions, please take some time to review all of the resources in the Theme Documentation as a lot of basic stuff like theme installation, css snippets etc are already available in there with better explanation and awesomeness. Watch some of our Video Tutorials to learn more about the different aspect of the theme. You can also search the forums for queries that has been answered before that might be related to your problem.
If you find that you still have questions after taking the time on our documentations, don’t hesitate to let us know and we will be happy to assist you. Regarding the blog excerpt, you can use the Excerpt meta field or use the <!–more–> tag to specify the post summary. Change the data format on Settings > General and if you’re using the Blog Posts element, configure the number of posts on the Post Number option. If you want to show the read more link, again edit the Blog Posts element then look for Define Blog Grid layout.
Make sure that the Blog Style on Enfold > Blog Layout panel is set to “Use the advance Layout Builder”. The blog page should have the Blog Posts element included and Blog Style set to Grid Layout.
Regards,
IsmaelRight. got that. Done that. Not helpful for what I need.
I want all post pages (tags, categories, etc) to display the same as what I have chosen for the blog style on the “blog layout” page. If I choose “Use the advance Layout Builder” on the Enfold > Blog Layout panel it only applies the layout and options to the blog page selected on the “theme options” (as expected because it is only configured to that specific page). It does not apply to other post layout pages, like tags. How do I get that layout to apply globally? Like it does if I choose “grid layout” on the Enfold > Blog Layout panel
If I choose “blog layout” Enfold > Blog Layout panel it applies to all post landing pages, but I can’t tweak the layout to my requirements (like I can with the advanced layout builder. Where is the help page and/or video that shows me how to do this? I’ve looked in both the videos, the documentation and the support. Maybe I just can’t see it so if you could send me the link to the documentation and/or video I would really appreciate it.
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