Agency – adding a widget area above the header

[carrieoke13]

I'm trying to add a widget area above the header in the Agency theme. I've registered the widget in my functions.php file, but I'm stumped on how to actually get it into the header. I tried using Genesis Simple Hooks and putting in the before header area, but it's showing the php code instead of executing the code and showing the widget. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Also - I can't link to the site because it's not publicly visible - sorry about that :/

[nutsandbolts]

In general, you need two functions - one to register the widget area and another to tell it where it should show up. Can you paste in what you've been using?

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[carrieoke13]

Yes - here's what's in my functions.php for Agency:

//* Custom widget above top nav
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'above-menu',
	'name'          => __( 'Above Menu', 'agency' ),
	'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area that can be placed above the top nav menu', 'agency' ),
) );

and here's the code I tried to use in simple hooks:

genesis_widget_area( 'above-menu', array( 'before' => '<div class="above-menu">', 'after' => '</div>',

Thank you!!

[Brad Dalton]

It should look more like this in your functions file.

https://gist.github.com/cbe8a26cacbaeac6bcbc.git

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[Brad Dalton]

It should look more like this in your functions file.

Change the conditional tag and hook position to suit your needs

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[carrieoke13]

Thank you. I am trying to make this work but I am getting a php error.

here's what I tried:

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'above-menu',
	'name'          => __( 'Above Menu', 'agency' ),
	'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area that can be placed above the top nav menu', 'agency' ),
) );

 
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'above-menu' );
 
function your_widget() {
 
if ( is_front_page() ) {
 
genesis_widget_area( 'above-menu', array(
 
'before' => '<div class="above-menu">',
 
'after'	 => '</div>',
		
) ); 
 
  }
 
}

and it returned an error. it actually just needs to display on all pages. what should I change?

[carrieoke13]

Never mind - I found my mistake! here is what worked. thank you again!

//* Custom widget above top nav

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'            => 'above_menu',
	'name'          => __( 'Above Menu', 'agency' ),
	'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area that can be placed above the top nav menu', 'agency' ),
) );

 
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'above_menu' );
 
function above_menu() {
 
if ( is_front_page() ) {
 
genesis_widget_area( 'above_menu', array(
 
'before' => '<div class="above_menu">',
 
'after'	 => '</div>',
		
) ); 
 
  }
 
}

[Brad Dalton]

Please copy the code from the view raw link and paste it at the end of your child themes functions.php file using a text editor like Notepad++ as the scroll bar can hide some code.

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[weezieb]

This post was very helpful to me except I'd like this on all pages, not just my front page. Any help on what to change is_front_page to? I can't do just is_page because then it won't work on posts. Or it didn't when I tried.
Thanks!

[Brad Dalton]

Change this line:

if ( is_front_page() && is_active_sidebar('before-header') 

To this:

if ( is_active_sidebar('before-header') 

Or remove the entire line.

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[weezieb]

Thank you so much!

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