Divi – Styling the blog module

Divi – Styling the blog module

Hey guys, here’s a really easy way of adding two layout options to the blog module.

The code

First, take this CSS snippet, and add it to the theme. (Divi > Theme Options > Custom CSS)

/* The CSS for getting a double columned blog */
.et_pb_module.double-column .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container {
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-wrap: wrap; }
  .et_pb_module.double-column .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post {
    width: 45%; }
    @media all and (max-width: 479px) {
      .et_pb_module.double-column .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post {
        width: 100%; } }

/* The CSS for having the featured image on the left */
.et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post {
  width: 100%; }
  .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .entry-featured-image-url {
    width: 45%;
    float: left; }
  .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .entry-title,
  .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .post-meta,
  .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .post-content {
    width: 50%;
    float: right; }
  @media all and (max-width: 479px) {
    .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .entry-featured-image-url,
    .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .entry-title,
    .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .post-meta,
    .et_pb_module.image-on-the-left .et_pb_ajax_pagination_container article.et_pb_post .post-content {
      width: 100%;
      float: none; } }

Note: You can change the % to change the ratios. Also, they just stack on mobile.

 

Remember: This trick works only with the fullwidth layout for the blog module

 

The next part is really easy.

 

Double Columns

This part’s really easy. Oh, I mentioned that already.

Add a blog module, and then in the advanced tab, add a class “double-column”

… and you’re done.

Voila

Easy Peasy.

Next!

 

Featured Image on the Side

Add a blog module, and then in the advanced tab, add a class “image-on-the-left”

… and you’re done.

like this:

Pretty easy, right?

 

Extra: If you need a comprehensive tutorial on how to control the archive page (like when you click a category, you get whisked off to an archive page) click on the image below to check it out!

 

[sc name=”learn css”]

 

 

 

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  1. Hello! Thank you so much for this, I have already used this tutorial many times. One question – is there any way to vertically center the text with the image-on-the-left? I have tried adding “margin: auto;”, but it doesn’t do what I want it to do. Thank you so much in advance!

    • Hi Janis, I can definitely work on that. It’s a little tricky since all the elements are separate, but I can definitely write something up for you. Thanks for the suggestion!

  2. This worked great! Thank you. Do you know how to make it look the same in the visual builder? It still shows as a large image on top of the text there.

    • Hi Amy, thanks for the kind words! With the visual builder, I’m not sure how the stylesheet is enqueued when in visual builder mode, but I guess it doesn’t load the css you put in. I don’t think there’s a good way out of it. Sorry about that.

  3. Hey PK! Thanks for the image-on-the-left snippet. :-) The posts on my client’s side don’t all have featured images, so to keep those posts displaying correctly I made a slight modification by replacing article.et_pb_post with article.et_pb_post.has-post-thumbnail. Worked like a charm.

    P.S. You should have a donate button.

    • Hey Noëlle

      Thanks for that! I’m sure some people would definitely find that helpful!

  4. Hello, how can float the image to the left and text to the right? and also, i want to know if i can make it somehow alternating, like even number blog posts have image on the right and odd number posts have image on the left?

  5. Thanks so much! This has been frustrating me all day! Your trick worked like a charm.

    • Always a pleasure to help! Thank you for the kind words!

  6. Nice tutorial mate!

    • Thanks!

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