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Posts Sidebar

Aspect theme comes with sidebar in posts. It is placed on all posts, and to hide it there is an option and internal tags.

Aspect theme sidebar in posts

Show/Hide Sidebar Globally

To show or hide sidebar globally in all posts, follow steps in this article -> /docs/aspect/settings-post/sidebar/

Show Sidebar in Specific Posts

If you prefer to show sidebar only in certain posts, you can use the internal tag system in Ghost:

  1. Log in to Ghost admin
  2. Go to Posts, and open the post
  3. Open the Post settings sidebar
  4. Specify the #sidebar to Tags
  5. Click Publish

The sidebar will now appear only in posts with the #sidebar internal tag.

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Remember that internal tags starting with # are not visible to readers and are used only for theme features and integrations.

Hide Sidebar in Specific Posts

In cases where you’ve enabled the sidebar globally but want to hide it in specific posts, you can use another internal tag:

  1. Log in to Ghost admin
  2. Go to Posts, and open the post
  3. Open the Post settings sidebar
  4. Specify the #hide-sidebar to Tags
  5. Click Publish

The sidebar will not appear in posts with the #hide-sidebar internal tag, even if it’s enabled globally.

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Remember that internal tags starting with # are not visible to readers and are used only for theme features and integrations.

Show Sidebar in Pages

If you prefer to show sidebar in certain pages, you can use the internal tag system in Ghost. This is useful when you want to display the table of contents in the sidebar:

  1. Log in to Ghost admin
  2. Go to Pages, and open the post
  3. Open the Post settings sidebar
  4. Specify the #sidebar to Tags
  5. Click Publish

The sidebar will now appear in pages with the #sidebar internal tag.

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Remember that internal tags starting with # are not visible to readers and are used only for theme features and integrations.