How to remove Categories list from blog post in Minimal theme

Store Design
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I’ve been using the Minimal theme for some time, and I like it a lot. There is one thing I’d really like to change, and after searching Google for an hour, I cannot find a way to change it.

Every blog post on my site has a right side column that shows two sections, “Recent Articles” and “Categories”. The Recent Articles list is okay, but I really, really want to get rid of all the tags that show up in the Categories list.

It makes the page look cluttered and it just doesn’t work for me.

Can anyone tell me how to remove the categories list from blog pages in the Minimal theme?

If the entire right column could go away (including the Recent Articles), that would be even better.

Thanks in advance!

(Link to one of the blogs: https://fatcat.parts/blogs/news/tubes-time-and-testers)

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Hi @allenmcb ,

This is Victor from PageFly - Landing page builder, I’d like to suggest this idea:
Step 1: Go to Online Store->Theme->Edit code
Step 2: Asset->/timber.scss.css->paste below code at the bottom of the file:

.post-large--one-fifth {
   display: none !important;
}

Hope my answer will help you.

Best regards,

Victor | PageFly

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Victor,

Thank you! That worked perfectly, and I really appreciate it!

Allen

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You’re welcome :blush:

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To add on, you can add the code below to make it look less awkward, as the sidebar area now still unnecessarily takes up some space (despite them not showing up) when viewed on desktop.

Add below to the existing .post-large–one-fifth

width: 100%!important;

It should look like this after you have added.

.post-large--one-fifth {
   display: none !important;
   width: 100%!important;
}

Also, now that your sidebar with tags is gone - if you still want to let customers easily discover blog post with blog tags, you may consider the Blog Article Filter & Search app, it lets you create dropdown filter with your blog post tags.

You can also optionally add blog search to your blog using this app.

You can try out the app here or see the demo here.


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Hue,

Thank you for the code. I’d like the display to be 100%, certainly!

I don’t actually have a timber.scss.css file, I have a timber.scss.liquid file.

I added your code to the bottom, saved the file, and there is no change to the display.

I did this several times, and got the same result each time.

I opened the site in a different browser, same result.

I’m sure I’m overlooking something, or missing something.

Any ideas?

Many thanks, Allen [email removed] FatCat.Parts

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@allenmcb Did you manage to implement the initial code from Victor? If you did, it is the same file.

Otherwise, can you let me know which theme you are on? I will try and see if I can access and check for you.

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I am using Minimal theme. It has no scss.css files, all are still scss.liquid.

I guess I added Victor’s code lines to timber.scss.liquid, it is the only asset file named timber.*.

When I look at that file now, the code I added is not at the bottom of the file now.

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Hmm I am not able to spot any theme called Minimal in the theme store.

Can you check and see if you have any .css file? Perhaps try with those if you found them.

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Minimal 12.5.1, one of the free templates offered by Shopify.

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I tried to attach a screenshot, but it is not allowed. Minimal 12.5.1. And, all my .scss. files seem to end as *.scss.liquid, not .css.

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Hey, sorry for late reply. I searched again for Minimal theme in Shopify theme store but can’t find it :confused: Screenshot below for your reference:

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Dear

how do I only show “Recent Articles”, I just do not want to show those categories

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Thanks but how to only show “recent articles”