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Single, Archive & Cover

Custom layouts for single posts, archive listings and the banner area at the top of a page.

These three types let you design the parts of a site WordPress normally draws for you: how one post looks, how a list of posts looks, and the banner above a page’s content.

Single Post and Page templates #

Building a single post template, start to finish.

Without a template, NovaSpark draws posts using one of three built-in styles, chosen at Theme Options → Blog Posts → Single Post:

Classic	Title and meta above the featured image.
Modern	A larger, more editorial arrangement.
Overlay	Title over the featured image.

For full control, build a Single Post/Page Global Block instead.

Create the blockWith Section Type set to Single Post/Page.
Build the layoutUse the NovaKit Post Elements widgets — Post Content, Post Meta, Post Terms, Post Share, Post Navigation, Post Author Bio and Comments.
Assign itTheme Options → Blog Posts → Default Single Post/Page Template, or give the block Display Conditions to apply it to only some posts.

Include NovaKit Post Content. It is the widget that outputs the post’s actual writing. A template without it renders a beautifully styled empty article.

Widgets in a single template read from whichever post is being viewed, so you design once against a sample and every post uses it.

Archive templates #

Building an archive template, start to finish.

An archive is any list of posts — the blog, a category, a tag, search results. Built-in options live at Theme Options → Blog Posts → Archive: layout (Grid, List or Masonry), how many columns, and the gaps between them.

For a designed archive, build an Archive Global Block and assign it at Default Archive Template. Inside it, use NovaKit Smart Loops to output the posts.

Two different things. The Archive template is the page around the list — heading, filters, spacing. The Card template is one item inside it. Set them separately.

Page Cover #

Building a page cover, start to finish.

The Page Cover is the banner between your header and the page content — usually the page title, sometimes breadcrumbs or a background image.

NovaSpark draws a simple one by default. Configure it at Theme Options → General → Page Cover, or replace it entirely with a Page Cover Global Block assigned to Default Page Cover Template.

To switch it off everywhere, turn on Disable Page Cover in the same section. Individual pages can turn it off in their own Page Settings.

Choosing a template per post #

Two ways, in order of precedence:

Page SettingsEdit the post and use its Page Settings box. This wins over everything else, and is the right tool for one-offs.
Display ConditionsPut the rules on the template block itself — “use this for everything in the Case Studies category”. Better for whole groups.

Neither matching leaves the Theme Options default in charge. See Assigning a block for the full order.