This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem:
Single posts displayed with the twentysixteen theme contain elements that are not required, how can they be removed?
Solution:
Views Content Templates or Layouts only replace the part of the page rendered by the_content() function in the theme template files. To remove content outside of this area requires editing the theme files (unless the theme includes a theme options integration with Toolset).
For twentysixteen this is described below:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/twentysixteen-theme-double-posts-in-layouts/#post-620580
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Last updated by 6 years, 9 months ago.
Assisted by: Nigel.
I used to work with toolset and Divi in the past.
actually I want to use Toolset with the standard twentysixteen Theme, but without Divi.
I am creating a layout for the standard posts of WordPress, just to use additional fields for a better Control of the content.
The Problem now is,..
I always see the original WordPress Post and additionally the Layout I am creating, together!!! Please have look on the screenshot
How can reduce it to my layout only? What is my mistake?
All the best from Germany
Jörg
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
In my screenshot of a single post displayed using a Layout with twentysixteen the area that is output by the Layout is marked in red, the rest of the content is output by the theme.
You have full control over what appears inside the red box using the templates you create with Toolset, but to modify the areas outside the red box would require editing the theme files.
Twentysixteen uses the file single.php for all single posts (but would be displaced by a more specific file such as single-project.php to display a single project post).
That file looks like this:
/**
* The template for displaying all single posts and attachments
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Sixteen
* @since Twenty Sixteen 1.0
*/
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php
// Start the loop.
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
// Include the single post content template.
get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'single' );
// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) {
comments_template();
}
if ( is_singular( 'attachment' ) ) {
// Parent post navigation.
the_post_navigation( array(
'prev_text' => _x( '<span class="meta-nav">Published in</span><span class="post-title">%title</span>', 'Parent post link', 'twentysixteen' ),
) );
} elseif ( is_singular( 'post' ) ) {
// Previous/next post navigation.
the_post_navigation( array(
'next_text' => '<span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">' . __( 'Next', 'twentysixteen' ) . '</span> ' .
'<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Next post:', 'twentysixteen' ) . '</span> ' .
'<span class="post-title">%title</span>',
'prev_text' => '<span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">' . __( 'Previous', 'twentysixteen' ) . '</span> ' .
'<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Previous post:', 'twentysixteen' ) . '</span> ' .
'<span class="post-title">%title</span>',
) );
}
// End of the loop.
endwhile;
?>
</main><!-- .site-main -->
<?php get_sidebar( 'content-bottom' ); ?>
</div><!-- .content-area -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Note that single.php doesn't output the_content() directly, it uses a template part "content-single.php" to show the post content.
That file looks like this:
/**
* The template part for displaying single posts
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Sixteen
* @since Twenty Sixteen 1.0
*/
?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
<header class="entry-header">
<?php the_title( '<h1 class="entry-title">', '</h1>' ); ?>
</header><!-- .entry-header -->
<?php twentysixteen_excerpt(); ?>
<?php twentysixteen_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<div class="entry-content">
<?php
the_content();
wp_link_pages( array(
'before' => '<div class="page-links"><span class="page-links-title">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentysixteen' ) . '</span>',
'after' => '</div>',
'link_before' => '<span>',
'link_after' => '</span>',
'pagelink' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Page', 'twentysixteen' ) . ' </span>%',
'separator' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">, </span>',
) );
if ( '' !== get_the_author_meta( 'description' ) ) {
get_template_part( 'template-parts/biography' );
}
?>
</div><!-- .entry-content -->
<footer class="entry-footer">
<?php twentysixteen_entry_meta(); ?>
<?php
edit_post_link(
sprintf(
/* translators: %s: Name of current post */
__( 'Edit<span class="screen-reader-text"> "%s"</span>', 'twentysixteen' ),
get_the_title()
),
'<span class="edit-link">',
'</span>'
);
?>
</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
</article><!-- #post-## -->
Here we see the_content(), which will output the content of your Toolset template (whether you create a Template Layout or use a Views Content Template), as well as the rest of the content that the theme outputs for single posts, including the post title, post excerpt, featured image, navigation links, author bio, post meta etc.
If you don't want any of that to be shown you would need to edit the theme files.
In my screenshot the title appears twice because the theme generates the title and then my Layout also outputs the title (because I created the Layout to show the post title, then the post content).
Is that clear?
If you need help editing the theme files then please let me know specifically what you would like to do.
