{"id":599,"date":"2026-10-26T23:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillcityweb.com\/themes\/docs\/modality\/blog-and-layout\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:36:34","slug":"blog-and-layout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hillcityweb.com\/themes\/docs\/modality\/blog-and-layout\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog, layout &#038; footer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Layout and sidebars<\/h2>\n<p><em>Theme Style \u2192 Layout Settings<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Theme Layout<\/em>: right sidebar, left sidebar or no sidebar, for the whole site.<\/li>\n<li>A different layout for <em>Posts<\/em>, <em>Pages<\/em> and <em>Blog, archives and search<\/em> (and the shop, with WooCommerce).<\/li>\n<li><em>Site width<\/em> (full width or boxed), <em>Content width<\/em> and <em>Sidebar width<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Whether posts, pages and sidebar widgets sit <em>in a bordered box<\/em> or are <em>plain<\/em>, and the <em>Button corner radius<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any single post or page can choose its own layout in the editor, in the <strong>Modality layout<\/strong> box: use the Customizer setting, no sidebar, or a sidebar on the right or left. The page templates <em>Page With No Sidebars<\/em>, <em>Page With Left Sidebar<\/em> and <em>Page With Right Sidebar<\/em> from 1.x still work.<\/p>\n<h2>Blog<\/h2>\n<p><em>Blog &amp; Footer \u2192 Blog Settings<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Blog layout<\/em>: one post per row, or a grid of 2 or 3 columns.<\/li>\n<li><em>Blog Content<\/em>: an excerpt (with <em>Blog Excerpt Length<\/em>) or the full post, and the text of the \u201cMore\u201d link.<\/li>\n<li><em>Post details in the blog<\/em>: date, author, categories, comments and the \u201cMore\u201d link, each on or off.<\/li>\n<li>A placeholder image for posts without a featured image, so a grid stays even.<\/li>\n<li>On single posts: the featured image, tags, an author box, and <em>Post Navigation Links<\/em> in the sidebar or below the post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Display Breadcrumbs<\/em> (in General Settings) adds a breadcrumb trail to the title band.<\/p>\n<h2>Social links<\/h2>\n<p><em>Blog &amp; Footer \u2192 Social Links<\/em> takes links for Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Vimeo, GitHub, WhatsApp and email. Only networks with a link are shown. They appear in the social bar (turn it on in Home Page Settings) and, optionally, in the top section.<\/p>\n<h2>Footer<\/h2>\n<p><em>Blog &amp; Footer \u2192 Footer Settings<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to four footer widget columns (<em>Footer widget columns<\/em>). Add widgets to <em>Footer Widget 1\u20134<\/em> in <em>Appearance \u2192 Widgets<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Footer colors, and the <em>Copyright Text<\/em>. Write <code>{year}<\/code> and <code>{site}<\/code> in it for the current year and your site title; the default is \u201cCopyright \u00a9 {year} {site}\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><em>Show the theme credit<\/em>: a small \u201cModality by Hill City Web\u201d link, which you can turn off.<\/li>\n<li><em>Enable Scrollup<\/em> (in General Settings) adds a back-to-top button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"hcwd-shot\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hillcityweb.com\/themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/hcw-docs\/modality\/customizer-footer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hillcityweb.com\/themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/hcw-docs\/modality\/customizer-footer.jpg\" alt=\"Footer Settings with colors, columns, copyright text and the theme credit\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><figcaption>Blog &amp; Footer \u2192 Footer Settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Layout and sidebars Theme Style \u2192 Layout Settings: Theme Layout: right sidebar, left sidebar or no sidebar, for the whole site. 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