Leviathan: Recreating the Demo - Sidebar
Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Leviathan Theme for WordPress
Sidebar Section
Here is the widget breakdown for the Sidebar section:
- Gantry Menu
- RokSprocket
Gantry Menu
You can customize this menu by navigating to Administration -> Appearance -> Menus and creating or modifying a menu for the sidebar there.
Here is a breakdown of the widget options for this menu widget. Any options not present in this breakdown are left at default and should not be adjusted.
| Option | Setting |
|---|---|
| Title | Quick Menu |
| Menu | Quick Menu |
| Menu Theme | Split-Menu |
| SplitMenu Style | None |
| Limit Levels | Yes |
| Start Level | 0 |
| End Level | 1 |
| Show All Children | Yes |
| Show Empty Menu | No |
| Maximum Depth | 10 |
| Title Variation | Title 1 |
| Custom Variations | fp-menu rt-small-sidebar-title nomargintop nopaddingtop visible-large |
RokSprocket
The Gantry Extras widget located in the sidebar section of the page is a RokSprocket Lists widget created in a very similar way to the previous RokSprocket widgets featured on the front page of the demo.
First, you will need to create the RokSprocket Widget. You can do this by navigating to Administration -> RokSprocket Admin and creating a new Lists widget. You can find out more about RokSprocket and how to set up and modify widgets by visiting our RokSprocket documentation.
Here is a look at the Lists Layout Options for this widget.
| Option | Setting |
|---|---|
| Theme | Default |
| Display Limit | ∞ |
| Collapsible Preview | Enable |
| Preview Length | 20 |
| Strip HTML Tags | Yes |
| Previews Per Page | 5 |
| Arrow Navigation | Show |
| Pagination | Show |
| Autoplay | Disable |
| Image Resize | Disable |
| Default Link | None |
You can set the RokSprocket filters to include any category, specific posts, or otherwise you would like to have featured in this widget.
Once you have created this widget, you can add it via the Widgets menu by clicking RokSprocket and dragging it to the appropriate section. When you have done this, you will need to complete the following.
- Set the Title to
Gantry Extras - Select your RokSprocket widget in the Choose Widget field.
- Set the Title Variation field to Title 1.
- Set the Margin Variation option to No Margin Bottom.
- Set the Padding Variation option to No Padding Bottom.
- Set the Custom Variations field to
rt-flush rt-large-sidebar-title rt-stackbox. - Leaving everything else at its default setting, select Save.
The widget should now be created and ready for use on the front page of your WordPress site.