Global Page-Design with individual content

Hi Oliver,

You can use a Block Element – Loop Template.

This is useful especially if you have custom meta fields and you want a very custom design.

When you use a Loop Template, it will override the template, and then, you can still add your content through a WP Post Content Block.

There’s no specific documentation for this yet, but this is the Element you’ll need: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-loop-template/

or

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-content-template/

These two should work the same, overriding the template on Post pages.

You can try it out first and see how it goes.

No, the “Container” you add in the Block Element won’t appear on the Edit page of a page or post. I doesn’t work that way. It’s not a template for the Edit page of the Post/page.

You can think of it this way, the Post is the content, and you use the Content Template to alter this Post.

Metaphor-wise, the post - content is the Product, and the Content Template is the factory that outputs the finished product. 🙂

If the feature you’re looking for is the one in your description, that’s not possible in GP. I’m not sure if there’s a plugin for this either. Usually, it’s Page builders.

That said, if you want to separate content Container by Container, what you can do is add custom fields to your Posts. Then, say custom – field for Container 1, will be outputted through a dynamic GB Headline Block in your Content/Loop Template. The same goes for Container 2, and so on and so forth. This is the basic concept.

You’re welcome, Oliver! Wish you all the best as well!