Hi,

After the major update of LeftSide last week I have updated theme again.

Unfortunately several changes that have been added lately may break your child theme and/or custom CSS. But to make this theme better, this is not something that can be avoided.

For users with a child theme:

• Have updated file header

For users with custom CSS:

• Changed class postmetadata into post-metadata
• Changed class postmetadata-bottom into post-metadata-bottom
• Changed class readmore into read-more

For all users:

• Changes are made in the stylesheet (CSS)
• If website doesn’t look as expected after theme update, clear your (browser) cache and reload the page

Rest assured, no more major updates in the (near) future!

Need help? Please open a topic in support forum.

Guido

Hi,

Yes, another update after almost 2 years!

In last update of LeftSide I have included new settings in the Customizer:

• Display or hide site title and tagline
• Display header image at homepage only or throughout your website
• Display featured image on the single post page
• Set length of the post summary
• Change label of the Read More button and Mobile Menu button

For users with a child theme:

• Because of the new settings in the Customizer you may not even need a child theme anymore
• Files header and single: updated to include new settings from above
• File footer: removed whitespace and such

For users with custom CSS:

• Changes are made in the stylesheet (CSS)
• Most changes in the mobile stylesheet (to make website look better in small screen)

For all users:

• Changes are made in the stylesheet (CSS)
• If website doesn’t look as expected after theme update, clear your (browser) cache and reload the page

Need help? Please open a topic in support forum.

Guido

Hi,

For users with a LeftSide child theme or custom CSS. I have added/changed several CSS classes.

File functions:
Changed class widgettitle into widget-title widgettitle.
Old class widgettitle will be removed in the future.

File header:
Added class="site-title" to the logo H1.

File content-list:
Changed class entry-content into entry-content post-content.

File single:
Changed classes post-title-single entry-title into entry-title post-title.
Changed class entry-content into entry-content post-content.

File page:
Changed class entry-content-page into page-content.

You may have to update your child theme and/or your custom CSS.

Guido

Hi,

In last theme update I’ve removed Google font (Open Sans) because of the GDPR. LeftSide now uses system font Verdana instead.

You can easily add your own font with one of the plugins that are available for this, such as the Fonts Plugin.

Guido

Hi Guido,

I’ve been using your Left Side theme for several years now. Something happened that made the navigation break within the last week (just noticed it today). The only change I can think of is an automatic upgrade to the latest version of WordPress (5.9).

Take a look at the site and notice that the left side main navigation repeats a second time (unformatted) below the first navigation (formatted).

I am currently viewing in Chrome on a Chromebook. My hosting service is Bluehost.

Has anyone else reported this bug recently? This should be a simple fix. Your thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

Gene Babon
Web Apprentices

Hi,

For users with a LeftSide child theme:

Sometimes you cannot avoid updating template files. This time I have updated files header and footer.

File header: added code for new feature in Customizer (logo width). And added ID to several mobile menu elements.
File footer: added code for new feature in Customizer (add content to footer).

Those changes might have broken some of your customizations, I’m sorry for that. If you want help to fix it again please open a topic in support forum.

Guido

Hi,

About the recent LeftSide theme update:

Main reason for last update is to improve accessibility and better support for screen readers.

Because of this I had to change the CSS of main navigation. Mainly the CSS of submenu and mobile menu.

Those changes might have broken some of your CSS customizations, I’m sorry for that. If you want help to fix it again please open a topic in support forum.

For users with a child theme, I have updated file header. Added a skip-to-content link and changed the div with class “mobile-nav-toggle” into a button.

Guido

Hello,

how can i adjust the theme css files so there is no title on my pages on the website?
I tested this code:
.page .entry-title, .page-title{
display:none;
}

but that’s not working in the css i found this in the single page file:
<h1 class=”page-title”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
Can i do something with this code?

Thanks for the answer…

Hello, Gido,
I use the LeftSide theme. After upgrading to PHP 7.4 the creation of new pages or posts does not work on my current WordPress installation. The error message is: “Internal Server Error – The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.”
All other tasks such as editing pages work fine. The installed plugins are PHP 7.4 compatible.

My questions: Is LeftSide PHP 7.4 compatible? Can you help?

Friendly greetings

baukauer

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Hello,

hopefully somebody can help me, i’m looking for this:
– when i clone/copy a page that is in a submenu at that moment i want that the copyed page is also in the same submenu.

This is nog working for now, was looking for a plugin but it seems that’s not working, what can i do to make this work?

Hi Guido!
I’d like to remove the word “Menü” from the top of the menu field or at least replace it by something else. Is there a chance to do so?
Thanks in advance!

How can I remove the Category Tag line from posts?

Thank You

• This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by wjb64.

Hi,

About the recent LeftSide theme updates:

The last couple of months there where several theme updates to improve the quality of this theme. Lately there where many (minor) CSS changes regarding the width and floating of div elements.

When a div element contains floated child elements this div can collapse. In the past I resolved this collapsing by adding width and floating to this div, but using a so called clearfix is best practice. So that’s why I’ve removed the width and floating and added a clearfix instead.

Besides this I’ve restyled the mobile menu.

Those changes might have break some of your CSS customizations, I’m sorry for that. If you want help to fix it again please open a thread in support forum.

I’m not planning new theme updates anytime soon..

Guido

I like the basic layout of the LeftSide theme, which makes my blog site much easier to read and navigate than when I used the Twenty Sixteen theme. However, I’m not so keen on the pink links. Is it possible for me to change them from pink to blue so that the change is maintained across theme versions?

Thanks in advance…………Phil

Updated to version 5.0 and now the mobile menu has disappeared.

Hi,

This month I will update Leftside theme, and add a fully new mobile navigation (navigation in mobile screen).

This means I will replace the (jquery) select menu with a dropdown (jquery) toggle menu.

If you’re using a child theme that contains file “header.php”, you should update this file after updating theme. Otherwise the new dropdown toggle menu won’t work. I have added some extra lines of code regarding the new menu in this file.

Guido

Hi,

For those who have customized LeftSide theme:

The last couple of months there where several theme updates to improve the quality of this theme. I have made lots of changes in many files. Please also check previous posts in this theme-forum. Lately there where many (small) CSS changes regarding margin, padding, float, clear, etc. To solve issues such as margin collapsing. Those changes might have break some of your customizations, I’m sorry for that.

Guido

Hi,

In case updating LeftSide theme breaks your custom modifications:

Major modifications in (upcoming) version 4.4:

• Some logical changes in class elements
• Files header, style and nav: changed .nav-head into .nav-primary
• Files header and style: changed .nav-head-title into .nav-primary-title

Major modifications in (previous) version 4.3:

• Some logical changes in div and class elements
• Files style and header: changed #header into #sidebar
• Files style and sidebar: changed #sidebar into #sidebar-widgets
• Files style and header: changed .nav-widgettitle into .nav-head-title

Simply change the name of these divs/classes in your custom CSS / child theme files and you’re done.

Guido

Hi,

In case updating LeftSide theme breaks your custom modifications:

Major modifications in version 4.3:

• Some logical changes in div elements
• Files style and header: changed #header into #sidebar
• Files style and sidebar: changed #sidebar into #sidebar-widgets
• Files style and header: changed .nav-widgettitle into .nav-head-title

Simply change the name of these divs/classes in your custom CSS / child theme files and you’re done.

Guido

Hi,
how can I make left navbar smaller and body wider?
Body should adjust, I need more space and don’t want waste room with left navbar.

Hi,

In upcoming theme update I have improved the heading structure because of SEO.

This might have consequences in case of modifications you’ve made.

New structure is:

• Site title = h1 (not changed)
• Tagline = h2
• Page title = h1
• Single post title = h1
• Post title link = h2
• Widget title = h3

Guido

Hi,

Thank you for using one of my themes. I’m trying to check this forum once every week.

You can also reach me via my website, but only in case of emergencies.

Enjoy,

Guido

I’ve been using LeftSide and it has been updated regularly, which is a good thing.

I wonder, however, if there is a changelog for it. I’m don’t feel comfortable updating without knowing what is the update for.

I looked the author site but couldn’t find one.

I just created a selfhosted blog with the LeftSide theme: https://www.vrouwleentje.nl/

I have not used the “more tag” in any post. Still all posts appear with a “read more” on the front page, even if there is nothing more in a post with 1 or 2 lines.

Is this by design? Can I disable it? I like the exerpt function for long posts, but I prefer to control it myself.

I’m running WordPress version 3.8.2 on Synology DSM 5.0