Adding a Banner Ad below the Nav Bar

[Rita]

I'm using Landscape theme.

I need to add a banner ad to the home page below the primary nav BUT above the WP-Cycle.

Can someone advise on how to do this? thanks.

[Chris Cree]

Just edit your home.php file to add your banner code. Open your home.php file in a text editor (NOT Microsoft Word!) and look for this code:

<div id="homepage">
	<?php if( function_exists('wp_cycle') ) : ?>
		<?php wp_cycle(); ?>
	<?php endif; ?>
</div>

Change it to this

<div id="homepage">
	<div class="home-banner">
		[BANNER HTML CODE GOES HERE]
	</div>
	<?php if( function_exists('wp_cycle') ) : ?>
		<?php wp_cycle(); ?>
	<?php endif; ?>
</div>

Replace the [BANNER HTML CODE GOES HERE] with the HTML code for your banner.

Then add any css styling you might need to your style.css file to make the .home-banner area look the way you want it to.

[Rita]

This worked!

Is it possible to place the banner above (outside) of the wp-cycle frame?

Thank you for your help!

[Rita]

Trying just to see if anyone knows if it's possible to place the banner above (outside) of the wp-cycle frame?

[John Levandowski]

You could try adding the following to your theme's function.php

add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'child_before_content_sidebar_wrap' );
function child_before_content_sidebar_wrap() {
?>INSERT AD CODE HERE<?php
}

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[Rita]

So remove the home.php code I added then try the function.php code?

[John Levandowski]

Yes, that should work.

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[cavemedia]

Hi John,

I tried your solution and it places the banner inside the inner tag on all pages except the home page. The code needs to be placed after the <div id=nav> and before <div id=inner>

Suggestions anyone?

[Rita]

Just following up on this to see if anyone else has a thought? Thanks!

[Rita]

My client decided to just leave the banner in the wp-cycle area since it's displaying properly.

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