Custom Sidebar For Category Page?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I really like Contango Pro – it’s a very nice theme. But I’m hoping you can help me figure something out…

1. Is it possible to have a custom sidebar for a category page?

2. If the answer to #1 is no, is it possible to have a page and category of the same name in order to:

a. Have a page that will feed posts only tagged for that category and has a custom sidebar
b. Will not show as duplicate menu selection items of the same name (where one behaves as a category page and the other is just an actual page that is blank)

Please let me know if this is possible

Thanks

Jim

[admin]

Hello Jim,

Is it possible to have a custom sidebar for a category page?

Logically it is possible. For Example,

– You have created a category e.g. WordPress
– You have created a custom sidebar e.g. WordPress
– Now, you can create a post under WordPress category by assigning it WordPress sidebar. (So, you can create multiple posts by following this procedure)

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Thanks very much for the reply. That works fine if I click into a specific post. But clicking on the category in the menu heading (which is a category page that returns a blog stream for that category) won’t bring in the custom sidebar until I click on a specific post.

This is the first time I have created a website and I’m having fun learning how to use the tools. I think this is my problem fundamentally – I want to create a blog which, at a high level, will contain two different subjects. So I would like to have a custom sidebar for each. And the sidebar that appears would depend on which pages, categories, or posts the user clicks on as they navigate the site.

[admin]

Hello,

It is not possible to have custom sidebars at Archive i.e. category templates in the current version of Contango.
You may need to have some Custom Development to achieve your task.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

I recently discovered I can accomplish this with plug-ins that use short codes, but the appearance will not blend very well with the theme for a consistent look.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I won’t plan to pursue any custom development for my blog (which is just a new hobby for me). I’m sure I’ll be happy with the end result using the features available within the theme. I’m just learning as I go and figuring out what I can and cannot do.

Thanks again

Jim

[Author]

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