Divi's options: the Layout tab

The Layout tab of the Divi theme options is used to define layout styles in general and more specifically for the articles and pages of your site.

Layout" is a term that means "layout" . The layout of an article or page is the visual presentation, the design.

This tab is divided into 3 sub-tabs. Here is the programme for this article:

1. Article model
2. Sample page
3. General parameters
4. Other Divi theme options

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1 - Layout tab > Item template

1. Info section of the articles: you can choose which elements will appear in the info section of each article. This is the area, usually placed under the title of the article, where general information is displayed. This is often referred to as the metas You can also click on the "Preview" button of the article. Simply click on Author / Date / Categories / Comments to activate them or click a second time to deactivate them. By activating them, they will no longer be visible.
2. Comments in posts: If you want your readers to interact with you, it is best to enable the commenting feature. This option exists natively in the WordPress settings as well, on the Settings > Discussion tab.
3. Thumbnails in articles: "thumbnails in articles" are the "featured imagesThis is the 'front page image' option. If you deactivate this option, the image will not appear at the top of the article but your "front page image" will still be used when sharing your articles on social networks. For example, on the Divi Tips posts, I have deliberately decided not to show the 'front page images'. If you use great photos as "front page images", it might be interesting to have them appear. If you want to add several images to the front page, you can follow this tutorialif you wish to change the size of the front page images, follow this one.

2 - Layout tab > Page template

1. Thumbnail in pages: just like articles, you can decide whether or not to display "featured images" on your pages, at the top of your content. If you deactivate this option, your pages will not display your featured images.
2. Comments on Pages: This is a general option that allows you to not accept comments on your pages. If you want to enable comments on only some of your pages, it's best to go through the WordPress menu: Pages > All Pages > hover over your pages with the mouse > click on Quick Edit > choose to enable or disable comments (see the video below).

3 - Layout > General settings

1. Article info section: this option looks suspiciously similar to the same option offered in the 'article template' tab, yet there is a subtle difference. Here, you can decide which metas to display on the blog page and not on the post itself. The blog page is where all your posts are listed. Here, Divi displays the author's name, publication date, etc. of each post (right under the post's thumbnail). If you don't want certain information to be visible, just click to disable it.
2. Thumbnails in indexes: you can enable or disable the display of thumbnails, i.e. " Featured Images " of your posts on index pages, such as the blog page.

4 - Other Divi theme options

You can find the other articles in this series dedicated to Divi Theme Options here:

1. How to set up the General tab of the Divi theme ?
2. How to set up the Navigation tab of the Divi theme ?
3. How to set up the Divi theme creator tab
4. How to set up the Layout tab of the Divi theme? (you are on this article)
5. How to set up the Advertising tab of the Divi theme ?
6. How to set up the SEO tab of the Divi theme ?
7. How to set up the Integration tab and Updates tab of the Divi theme ?

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