Toolset is overriding theme to show all pages as boxed

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Problem: When I activate Layouts, my site's full-width design becomes boxed, or constrained. I would like to use Visual Composer to design my site's pages.

Solution: If you want to use Visual Composer, we recommend you disable Layouts. You can create Content Templates with Visual Composer / WPBakery Page Builder, which will work within the framework of your theme.

Relevant Documentation: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-toolset-with-wpbakery-page-builder/

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Last updated by Families Canada 6 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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March 28, 2018 at 12:50 pm #629179

Families Canada

I am trying to:

We recently installed the Toolset plugin to complete custom post types. The site that we are developing is intended to be full width. However, since the plugin is installed, it has boxed every page. I have attached two screen shots below to show the issue.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen:

You can see the site here: hidden link the password to see the page is -password removed by admin-

I expected to see:

The page should be shown as a full-width page and not boxed.

Instead, I got:

With the plugin activated the pages are all now boxed. When we deactivate the plugin, everything goes back to how it should look

March 28, 2018 at 3:43 pm #629292

Christian Cox

Hi, can you tell me more about how this page is set up?
- Is there a Layout assigned to this Page? If so, please share a screenshot with me.
- Is there a Content Template assigned to this Page? If so, please copy and paste the code from that template here for me to review.
- If you deactivate Layouts, is the problem resolved?

March 28, 2018 at 3:59 pm #629303

Families Canada

Hello,

There is no layout or content template assigned to the page. It is one of the default post types from the theme called 'pages' and is populated by VC content blocks.

Thanks in advance

March 28, 2018 at 4:54 pm #629341

Christian Cox

When we deactivate the Layout extension this solves the issue but we need to create a VC template as part of the custom post types we are creating. From the Wiki is appears that we require Layout to achieve this or am I incorrect?
Actually you can use VC to design a Content Template for any post type, without Layouts. We recommend you do not use Layouts if you want to use VC / WPBakery Page Builder to create your designs. Check out the documentation here for more information:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/using-toolset-with-wpbakery-page-builder/

March 28, 2018 at 5:07 pm #629344

Families Canada

Hello,

Thanks for the info and clearing up our confusion with the layout vs. VC content templates and why we were getting the display issue. I will dive into the documentation further but at first glance, this helps clear up some of our questions.

Thanks again for all of your help!