Hello there,
?Please accept my apologies for the delay in response. I really appreciate your patience.
> I would like to know how to increase the padding on the left side of the page and decrease the right sidebar width, but still keeping a sidebar. I would just like the blog post content to start less close to the left edge of the screen
If I could get it correctly, you would try adding this below CSS code to your site’s Additional CSS under the Appearance > Customize.
@media only screen and (min-width: 576px) {
body:not(.home) .site-content > .container {
max-width: 100%;
}
}
Let me know whether it helps for you or not.
> and the images to be shifted right slightly (not centred as eventually I will add content in the sidebar)
Image alignment can be managed from the settings which are appearing when click on the image in the block editor.
> I would also like to add a few words / post extract under the headings on the homepage.
Currently, the excerpt doesn’t show when the masonry layout is active.
You can show it by overriding the template-parts/content.php file with a child theme.
Edit your chid theme’s template-parts/content.php file, replace these code block:
<?php if ( $layout['type'] != 'layout-grid' && $layout['type'] != 'layout-masonry' ) : ?>
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php if ( $read_more != '' ) : ?>
<footer class="entry-footer">
<a class="read-more-link" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $read_more ); ?><span class="gt">>></span></a>
</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
with:
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<?php if ( $read_more != '' ) : ?>
<footer class="entry-footer">
<a class="read-more-link" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $read_more ); ?><span class="gt">>></span></a>
</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
<?php endif; ?>
I hope this reply helps.
Let me know in new topics for your other questions.
Regards,
Kharis