Topic Tag: Front-end display

Problem: I would like to apply a Layout to a 404 page I apply using status_header().

Solution: Use the following code syntax to force a specific Layout to be applied:

the_ddlayout( '404-layout-slug-or-id', array('post-content-callback' => 'A-CALLBACK-FUNCTION-AS-FALLBACK-FOR-POST-CONTENT-IF-YOU-WANT', 'allow_overrides' => 'false') );

Problem:
I use Toolset Layouts, but when I assign a layout (without any sidebar) to a page, the page still shows the Sidebar.

Solution:
1. If the Theme is integrated with Toolset (provides an options settings JSON file) then you might be able to control that in Toolset > Layouts - but only if the Theme offers an option or filter for that.
2. If you do not use such a theme then you can edit only the content with Layouts.
This is not any different than #1, but you also will not control the Theme options, which are responsible for sidebars and other non-content parts of the Website.

Problem:
- I'm trying to style the archive posts but any changes to the layout seem to have no effect or seem to be overwritten by my theme's template.
I had a look at this but I am not very familiar with editing CSS.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/adding-custom-styling-to-a-layout/

- Also I'm trying to change the style of the archive listing (column background, border, etc)

Solution:
You can add CSS in your theme’s style.css file OR if you have created this page using Toolset Layout then add the CSS in Toolset >> Layouts CSS and JS.

1. Here is CSS for Search button, you can modify as you want:

.wpv-submit-trigger.js-wpv-submit-trigger.btn {
    color: #fff !important;
}

2. Here is CSS for border and background color:

.vc_custom_1505959615082 {
    background: #ddd none repeat scroll 0 0 !important;
    border: 2px solid #5971b2 !important;
    padding: 20px !important;
}

Problem: When using Query Monitor, I can see that about 150 queries are being executed by Layouts to render the homepage.

Solution: Make delete the export folder at wp-content/themes/toolset-starter-child/theme-dd-layouts. Then check the query time for each of the queries associated with the Layouts plugin. If any query is consistently registering higher than .5ms, then further investigation is required. The total number of queries for this Layout does not seem abnormally high once the export folder is removed.