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Overview

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Article can have Left Sidebar and/or Right Sidebar to display additional content.

The Left Sidebar can contain the following elements:

  • Categories Navigation sidebar
  • KB Sidebar with custom or KB Widgets
  • Table of Contents (TOC)
  • Categories List if Categories Focused Layout is active (How to change layout)

The Right Sidebar can display the following elements:

  • Categories Navigation sidebar
  • Table of Contents (TOC)
  • KB Sidebar with custom or KB Widgets
Left and Right Sidebar Example
Left and Right Sidebar Example

Choose Navigation Sidebar with Wizard

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You can either use frontend Editor or Setup Wizard to change Navigation sidebar.


For more control of article sidebars, see the instructions below.

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Common Sidebar Questions

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How do I enable Article Sidebars?

Follow instructions below.

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How do I add widgets to Article Sidebars?

Follow the instructions below. Topics: KB widgets, Navigation, Custom HTML

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How do I configure Article Sidebars?

You can control the article sidebars on any article page. Follow the instructions below. Topics: Width, Colors, Features, padding.

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How do I disable Article Sidebars?

Follow instructions below.

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How do I control the Article Widths?

To control the width of the whole article including sidebars, read instructions in the link below.

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How do I disable my blog sidebar from my WordPress theme?

If you need to disable the blog sidebar, follow the instructions below.

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How to Enable Sidebars

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Deactivated Sections

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Open your KB Editor on any article page.

  1. Click on the Orange Navigation Button.
  2. Click on the Deactivated Sections Tab.

Note: The Deactivated Sections tab has a number beside the eye icon. The number indicates how many elements were deactivated.

 

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Turn on Sidebar

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The Disabled Sections tab is where you can find which sections are not enabled. Here you can see the left sidebar is off. Turn this option On and click on the Save button.

Note: The Disabled Section tab will also show if the right sidebar is off.

Enable Sidebars Part 2
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Configure Sidebars

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Choose the Sidebar

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Open your KB Editor when on the article page. Click on the sidebar you wish to configure. The top bar should say "Left Sidebar."

The Style tab provides the option to change the whole sidebar background color.

 

Note: Both left and right sidebars have the background color option.

 

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Align Sidebar to the Article Content

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This setting will move the whole sidebar down to the content level. The screenshot shows how it looks when "ON" and "OFF."

Note: The same steps are applicable for the right sidebar.

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How to Add Widgets to the Sidebar

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Activate the Widget Feature

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Open your KB Editor on the article page.

  1. Click on the Sidebar you wish to edit.
  2. Go to the features tab. At the bottom, set your widgets to a value between 1 and 5.

In this screenshot we have a Custom HTML widget and a Recent Articles widget from our Pro Add-on.

To learn more about that plugin, click here.

 

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Add your own Widgets

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To start adding your own widgets to the Article Sidebar:

  1. In your Admin sidebar select the Appearance Menu.
  2. Click on Widgets
  3. Echo KB #1 Articles Sidebar is the sidebar for KB 1. Drop widgets you wish to see in your article.
  4. This is the custom HTML widget we used to create that "View Add-ons" button. 
  5. The Echo KB - Recent Articles widget is available with our pro add-on. Click here to learn more.
  6. You can drop additional widgets you have in Available Widget list. Simply drag and drop a widget into the sidebar.
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How to Disable Sidebars

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Choose the Sidebar

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Open your KB Editor on the article page.

  1. Click on the sidebar area that you wish to disable.
  2. Find the tab called "Sidebar" so it becomes active (green color).

 

Note: If the sidebar already green then you are already at the settings location.

 

Disable Sidebar Part 1
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Turn off the Sidebar

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  1. Select the Left Sidebar (green background).
  2. Top bar says "Left Sidebar."
  3. Click on the Content Tab if you are not already there.
  4. Turn this off and save your settings.

 

Note: The steps are the same for the right sidebar.

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How to disable my blog sidebar from my WordPress theme?

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Sidebar from Blog

  • This is the KB Left Sidebar with yellow background color so that you can see it better.

  • This is the KB Right Sidebar with yellow background color so that you can see it better.

  • This is the Blog sidebar from your theme.

In this example, you can see another sidebar. This sidebar is outputted by your theme. 

Two Options for Removing Blog Sidebar:

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Switch to the KB Template option

The first step is to try to switch to the KB Template options. This option allows our KB to take more control over the layout.

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Check your Active Theme Settings

Check your themes settings to see how it can turn off the blog on the KB Article Post Type. You need to look for KB articles or post_type  called epkb_post_type_1

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