Easily add multiple sticky sidebars to your site!

Display items for your audience to browse through while they’re reading your content. With a sticky sidebar, all your essentials are kept in the view port at all times. This makes it easier for your users to travel across different pages or posts. Highlight and keep track of all you need easily with Newspaper Theme.

Here are some elements you can add to the sidebar using Newspaper Theme:

• Social network icons/links will increase the credibility and promote your site.
• Popular posts: showing these to first-time viewers helps them discover your values and strengthens the possibility of conversion.
• Recent posts: makes it easy to locate your new content for your readers; it increases page views and may reduce the bounce rate.
• If you want an easy way for your audience to be kept up to date with your content, you should get an Email Subscription box on your sidebar.
• Custom Ads using the new Ad Box element. Keep in mind that Google AdSense has a policy against using ads on a sticky element, so just showcase your affiliates.
• Display the forecasted weather with the beautifully animated Weather Widget.

But, what exactly is a sticky sidebar? And why should you use it?

The sticky sidebar is known as a “floating” element. When a user scrolls through your page, they will continue to see this section on their screen, displaying your important content. According to WPBeginner having a floating element on your page helps boost conversions and the click-through rate.

With our new update, you can now have multiple sticky sidebars on your page. You can do all of this in just a few simple steps with the Newspaper Theme.

Multiple sticky sidebars for pages

Split any row, on any page or template, into two columns. Now, select the one you want to use as a sidebar. From the General settings tab, check the box that says Sticky. Your column now travels alongside the rest of your content until it meets a new row.

All you have to do is make sure the box is checked to have a smart sidebar

Use a sticky sidebar on templates

The Cloud Library is a plugin that was launched with version 8.8 of the Newspaper Theme. It lets you import pre-made templates and then easily edit them with tagDiv Composer. If you want to learn more about various templates and how to create them, visit our Documentation page. For example, open your Post Template with the frontend page builder. Now click on the column that you want to make sticky. Check the Sticky box from the General settings tab. Now save your settings. And, you’re done!

Conclusions

While, numerous elements can be added into the sidebar, try not to clutter it. Highlight only the essential items that you want the audience to have access to at any given point in time. If you’re out of ideas and need some inspiration, try browsing through our Demo previews. Most of them make use of various sticky sidebars, in various different ways. Just a dash of inspiration can go a long way, so get creative while designing!

As always, we’d love to hear from you. Use the comment box below to showcase your website and tell us how you’ve used sticky sidebars!