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  Public Ticket #4538635
Left & Righ Sidebars
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  • radonshadow started the conversation

    I can edit the sidebars on the main page with the WPBakery with more or less success. I can switch sidebars on/off от the post page. Sidebars are alive, displaying the changes in the posts. But I'm totally confused on how to edit the sidebars (left & right) for the post pages or for the blog pages. I've studied the documentations and found nothing about that. Need help. 

    And one more thing. When I just loaded the demo, the sidebars on the main page behaved great, scrolling differently comparing to central blocks. But then something went wrong and now I have the the broken main page (talking about sidebars behavior). You can see the result of my "tuning" at the URL provided in this ticket.


    Thanks in advance. And I'm sorry for possible mistakes - English is foreign language for me.

    Attached files:  Снимок экрана 2026-01-29 222127.png

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    You can edit the sidebar widget content for the archive and single post pages by going to Dashboard → Appearance → Widgets. Expand and edit the widgets in the Sidebar Right and Sidebar Left areas.

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    So, only with code? No WYSIWYG option? On the main page I see the different sidebars then on the single post. Plus on the main page I can edit the sidebars by just choosing them.

    От the single post page I don't have such an option. I've understood how tj edit the main page sidebars, but the question was about the single post sidebars

    Attached files:  Снимок экрана 2026-02-13 092622.png
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      Снимок экрана 2026-02-13 093108.png

  • radonshadow replied

    How I can make sidebars on the main page the single post pages identical?

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    1/ The sidebar content on the main page is managed by WPBakery Page Builder, so please edit the page using the page builder to make your changes. Please note that PenNews does not support the WPBakery front-end editor, so we recommend editing via the back-end editor for better performance and stability.

    2/ If you would like to use a widget sidebar with the WYSIWYG toolbar, please add a Text widget. The widgets shown in your screenshot are the default WordPress widgets, and you can safely delete them.

    3/ If you would like the sidebar on the homepage and single post pages to be identical:

    • Go to Appearance → Widgets and add all the widgets you want to display to “Sidebar Right” and “Sidebar Left”.

    • Then edit the homepage with WPBakery and insert the sidebar using the Penci Sidebar element.

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    And one more thing/ How can I add a block to the single post sidebars using Dashboard → Appearance → Widgets? I don't see any "plus: sign or "add" button. However "Delete" I can see and use.

  • radonshadow replied

    What do you mean by "Text" widget?

  • radonshadow replied

    And talking "default@ WP widgets what page exactly do you mean? The main or the single post page?

  • radonshadow replied

    If you so kind helping me, please answer on one more question. How can I make the independent scrolling of the sidebars and central (main content) columns?

  • radonshadow replied

    https://the-tales.site/ This is my test page (Main) and there is no independent scrolling on it, how it was when I've loaded you example. On the single post page https://the-tales.site/2026/01/29/d1-82-d0-b5-d1-81-d1-82-1/ scrolling is working

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    1/ If you are not familiar with the Text widget or other widget-related functions, please take some time to review the official WordPress documentation here:
    https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-wordpress-widgets/

    2/ For the PenNews theme setup, please refer to the documentation here:
    https://pennews.pencidesign.net/pennews-document/#frontend

    3/ Most of your questions are related to basic WordPress usage and theme settings. We kindly recommend reviewing the documentation above to better understand how these elements work. If you have any further questions after that, please feel free to ask here.

     

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    I spent several hours studying the documentation via the links you kindly provided. I couldn’t find an answer to the question: «How to make the sidebars on the main page stick to the top edge of the page, while the central block continues to scroll».

    I’d like to achieve an effect similar to the one on the post page  https://the-tales.site/2026/01/29/d1-82-d0-b5-d1-81-d1-82-1/, but for the main page https://the-tales.site/. The goal is to have the sidebars fixed in place, while the central content block keeps scrolling.

    I couldn’t find the necessary information either in the manual or in the videos. I would appreciate your help.

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    The feature you mentioned is called the Sticky Sidebar and Content. You can configure it as shown in the screen recording video below.

    https://streamable.com/xx88ry 

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    Thank you very much for your response.

    The issue is that I didn’t phrase the question correctly, although “a well‑phrased question is half the answer”.

    Now, due to a strange coincidence, on the homepage (https://the-tales.site/) the left and right sidebars are created and belong to the WordPress editor. They are edited using the WYSIWYG editor WPBakery. Meanwhile, on the post pages, the sidebars come from your theme and are edited via the backend editor through Appearance → Widgets (as shown in the screenshot).

    What I actually want to avoid is using the WordPress editor. Instead, I’d like the sidebars on both the homepage and the post pages to be identical and managed through your theme's interface in Appearance → Widgets.

    So my actual question is: how can I make the sidebars from your theme appear on the homepage — the same way they work on this page: https://the-tales.site/2026/01/29/d1-82-d0-b5-d1-81-d1-82-1/?

    I apologise for taking up your time with clarifications regarding an incorrectly phrased question.

    To summarise: I need the sidebars from your theme (screenshot) to be displayed on the homepage instead of Wordpress sidebars.

    Attached files:  Снимок экрана 2026-02-13 222259.png

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    The left and right sidebars on the homepage are built using WPBakery Page Builder with the Full Width template, so they do not use the default WordPress sidebar content.

    For single post pages, the sidebar content is pulled from Appearance → Widgets. To make them consistent, you simply need to add the same widgets used on the homepage to the corresponding sidebars. For example:

    • Left Sidebar: PenNews Weather, PenNews Video Playlists, PenNews Block 25

    • Right Sidebar: PenNews Social Counter, PenNews Block 6

    Please delete all current widgets in both the left and right sidebars, then add exactly the widgets listed above. After that, configure each widget according to your requirements.

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    The problem I’m trying to solve is making the sidebars sticky on the main page. I followed all the steps from the video tutorial you kindly sent in your previous responses. However, the sidebars stubbornly refuse to “stick” and scroll along with the rest of the content. The checkbox "Disable the sticky content & sidebars" is unchecked as well.

    What am I doing wrong? Or is this technically impossible at all? If so, I need help figuring out how to create a responsive layout so that all three columns automatically align at the bottom edge. Or is that also not feasible?

    I’ve attached a screenshot showing how my efforts are reflected — everything seems to be done according to your video tutorial, including the text blocks.

    Regarding your suggestion to manually make the blocks the same — I understand this solution, but I was hoping to avoid it. That’s precisely one of the reasons why I purchased a ready‑made theme.

    Attached files:  Снимок экрана 2026-02-14 054725.png

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    Please edit the Penci Container element and make sure the “Disable sticky content & sidebar” option is unchecked.

    Screen-Shot-2026-02-14-at-13-33-24.png

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  • radonshadow replied

    I've wrote about this earlier mentioning that everything has been checked. Did it again. Shown on the screenshot

    Attached files:  Снимок экрана 2026-02-14 140241.png

  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    For this case, please send me your WordPress admin account details in a private reply.

    I will log in and help configure it for you.

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.

  •   radonshadow replied privately
  •  3,116
    PenciDesign replied

    Hi,

    Please go to Appearance → Customize → General Options: uncheck the "Disable Sticky For All "Penci Container" elements" option.

    Regards,
    PenciDesign.