Title: Theme layout change
Last modified: August 7, 2017

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# Theme layout change

 *  [MickeSeise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickeseise/)
 * (@mickeseise)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-layout-change/)
 * I have a homepage and I wanted to try out a new theme for it, so I downloaded
   the “Septera” to my localhost so I can work with it before I put it out on the
   web. But when I try to change the layout so that only my blog- and portfolio 
   page has sidebar but all other pages don’t it won’t work.
 * How come? Best regards Micke

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 *  Thread Starter [MickeSeise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickeseise/)
 * (@mickeseise)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-layout-change/#post-9389124)
 * I noticed that it works in Edge and Firefox but not in IE.
 *  [Josh Habdas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhabdas/)
 * (@jhabdas)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-layout-change/#post-9487969)
 * [@mickeseise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickeseise/), such a general
   quesiton without screenshots is unlikely to result in a valuable answer. Could
   you provide more information and share what you’ve already tried including screenshots?
   Thanks!
 * Here’s the last site I built with Septera to give you some ideas of what it can
   do: [https://chicagoganghistory.com](https://chicagoganghistory.com)
 *  [kiaeger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiaeger/)
 * (@kiaeger)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-layout-change/#post-9617422)
 * [@jhabdas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhabdas/), I looked at your site(
   very nice! & interesting!!). I’m a newbie at this stuff and am setting up my 
   site as a combo of resume/portfolio & blog. I’m trying to figure out how to get
   a sidebar on my [Blog page](https://krystaliaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-24-at-5.56.00-PM.png),
   but keep the sidebar off of my [other pages](https://krystaliaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-24-at-5.52.54-PM.png)(
   About, Resume, Work, Testimonials, etc.).
 * From the Customize Menu/Tool, the only options [I see](https://krystaliaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-24-at-5.58.42-PM.png)
   are for the Main Layout to have a sidebar. When I select one of the layouts that
   has a sidebar, this [places a sidebar on my Blog page](https://krystaliaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-24-at-6.01.01-PM.png),
   but (unfortunately) places a sidebar on every [other page](https://krystaliaeger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-24-at-6.01.17-PM.png)
   on my site as well.
 * Do you know how I can get the sidebar on just the Blog page? Will I have to use
   a child theme? (I’ve done some reading, but am unsure if/how I can use the child
   to override the parent formatting of the Blog page.)
 * Thanks for your help!

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