# How to set up the sidebar

In this theme we paid special attention to Sidebars for your biggest convenience and on multiple previous requests.

We have two types of sidebar: right sidebar and left sidebar, which can be selected for both of archive and single posts/pages.

In addition to that, you can add/create a new sidebar with VC Widgets/Elements, in this case you will need to go here:

![](https://support.stylemixthemes.com/storage/stm-manuals/April2020/vc-sidebars.jpeg)

Edit or create a new sidebar, and add any sections you need by means of Visual Composer

![](https://support.stylemixthemes.com/storage/stm-manuals/April2020/vc-sidebars-single.jpeg)

For archive pages you can set sidebar options up via **Appearance -> Customize -> Archive pages**

![](https://support.stylemixthemes.com/storage/stm-manuals/April2020/customize-archive.jpeg)

For single pages/posts you can add sidebar via **Widgetised Sidebar** or **STM Sidebar** VC element

![](https://support.stylemixthemes.com/storage/stm-manuals/April2020/sidebar-single-page.jpg)