Templates

The Total theme has a unique built-in functionality called “Dynamic Templates”. This functionality allows you to use the WPBakery page builder to create a unique layout to be used for any post type or archive type and assign it globally. This means, you can create a custom design for your posts, pages, categories, search results,…

The Total theme includes built-in settings for a custom 404 Page so you can easily alter the 404 error page title and text. Simply log into WordPress and go to Theme Panel > Custom 404 to make your edits. If you don’t see this page, make sure it’s enabled under your main Theme Panel page.

The total theme includes an advanced function for displaying a searchbar in your header that can be toggled via a little search icon in your menu. Enabling/Disabling & Selecting Your Style To enable or disable this item you’ll want to browse to Appearance > Customize > Header > Menu Search where you will a dropdown for…

If you are going to use the WPBakery page builder to create multiple pages that have the same general design one of the easiest ways is to create a new “Template” so you can quickly load that template for your new page/post. One of the most popular uses is for portfolio items, most people will…

By default Total uses a different output for search results due to all the different post types to prevent conflicts as well as to keep the search results “slimmer”, however, if you want you can display your search results so they look just like your blog entries you can. Simply go to Appearance > Customize…

The WPBakery includes a function that will allow you to save any page builder module you customized as a new “element” or “preset” so that you can easily use it a gain. For example if you insert a heading a change the font size, color, background, etc you can then save it as a custom…

Simply log into WordPress and go to Appearance > Customize > General Theme Options > Sidebar and here you can select the “No Sidebar” layout for your search results.

Important: Since version 3.0.0 this is NO longer required. You can display/hide the search icon in the menu as explained in the docs here: http://totalwptheme.com/docs/header-search/ By default the menu search icon is disabled on header style 2 because it’s added directly in the header as a form. However, you can easily enable it via a function in…

The Total theme includes an “Image Gallery” function that allows you to assign images to any post. By default these images are used in the theme for functions like Gallery format blog posts but it can also be used to display images when using a Dynamic Template so you can easily manage the design of…

By default you can enter your custom html for your topbar content via the Customizer at Appearance > Customize > Topbar. However,  it is also possible to create your own custom topbar using Visual Composer modules. This is done by simply creating a new template with Templatera, adding your content then entering the ID of…

When creating dynamic templates for your posts you may want to show related items at the bottom of the post. You can easily do this with the Post Cards element. Simply go to the Query tab and select the Related by Taxonomy option like such: Once you’ve selected the “Related by Taxonomy” option you can…

The Total theme is an advanced and highly modular framework built on hooks. This means you can easily modify theme parts via your child theme using add_action and remove_action functions such as this example. But, Total also caters to non-developers so if you are looking to insert a template or custom content via a hook…

Since Total 5.0+ you can now assign a template to your search results page if you are using the WPBakery plugin (if you are using Elementor you can just use their theme builder for this which is supported by Total). Step 1: Create a template under Theme Panel > Dynamic Templates The first thing you’ll…

In Total you can easily create custom templates for your Categories or custom taxonomies so you have complete control over the look of your archives. Step 1: Create a new Dynamic Template First you’ll want to go to Theme Panel > Dynamic Templates and create a new template. Make sure to name it something that…

One of the primary reasons you would use Dynamic Templates when setting up your site is to create a unique layout to be used as the design across multiple posts so you can always easily modify it from a single location. When creating dynamic templates you will always be displaying “dynamic” data related to the…

In Total 5.2 we introduced a unique feature exclusive to the Total theme where you can access various pre-built section templates (Patterns) and insert them into any page. This system not only provides a good way to find inspiration when building pages but also speed up page building by making use of pre designed sections…

When creating dynamic templates you may want to take advantage of some of the built-in shortcodes in your modules to display dynamic data. Below are the shortcodes available in the theme by default. Shortcode Description Useful Dynamic Shortcodes Displays the current post title. https://totalwptheme.com/docs/dynamic-shortcodes/ Returns the current post link. December 20, 2022 Displays the current…

When creating a dynamic template with WPBakery you can easily add a sidebar by creating a row with multiple columns and then adding the “Widgetised Sidebar” element to the column where you want your widgets displayed. How to make the Sidebar use your site Layout widths? Great you’ve added a row and a sidebar inside…

If you are working on a dynamic template or custom card you may want to display the post featured image as a background for a row or column. A great example is the dynamic post template used on the bolt demo which has a title area with the post thumbnail as a background (see here).…