In GenesisWP Facebook group, a user asked:
Is it possible (probably anything in the world is possible with Genesis ♥) to do a "split screen" type of layout - with a header, menu, content and footer on the left. and a different header, menu, content and footer on the right?
...a bio page for two brothers who are twins.
In this tutorial I share the code for setting up a custom page template which when applied to a Page will display split content like this:
The page template, page_split-page.php will have code to show these elements:
Left
WordPress menu named 'Left Menu'
'Left Side' WYSWYG custom field (using ACF)
Left Side (custom) widget area
Footer 1 (built-in) widget area
Right
WordPress menu named 'Right Menu'
'Right Side' WYSWYG custom field (using ACF)
Righ Side (custom) widget area
Footer 2 (built-in) widget area
Step 1
At Appearance > Menus, create two menus named say, Left Menu and Right Menu and add your desired menu items to them.
Step 2
Add the following in child theme's functions.php:
