Need your opinion on how/where to add credibility elements

[danstelter]

So this is in regard to my home page:

http://www.b2bleadgenguy.com

I have logos of 8 popular blogs I've been published at (Content Marketing Institute, MarketingProfs, Kissmetrics etc...) that I'd like to add to the home page. Where would you put these in and how would you do it?

My initial thought is to put them just below the title. I'd copy and paste them all into a single image. But, I'm not so sure about that. Anyway, they should be above the fold somehow.

What do you think?

Appreciate it,

Dan

http://www.b2bleadgenguy.com

[Brad Dalton]

You can see how its done here

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[danstelter]

Appreciate it, Brad. But, I don't want to hide the logos at the bottom of the page. I want them above the fold somewhere, such as this:

http://savagemarketing.com/

For my business especially, it's a huge credibility booster..

[danstelter]

After some research and tinkering, I'd like to add a custom sidebar into the home page on the right to get those logos above the fold. How would I do that?

Thanks,

Dan

[Brad Dalton]

Try this tutorial

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[danstelter]

Appreciate it a ton, Brad. That's exactly what I want to do. Copied + pasted into functions.php, but can't get it to work. Have the Static Front Page set. Also, changed the sidebar within that so it should be showing one.

What am I missing?

Current functions.php code:

<?php
//* Start the engine
include_once( get_template_directory() . '/lib/init.php' );

//* Setup Theme
include_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/theme-defaults.php' );

//* Set Localization (do not remove)
load_child_theme_textdomain( 'parallax', apply_filters( 'child_theme_textdomain', get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages', 'parallax' ) );

//* Add Image upload to WordPress Theme Customizer
add_action( 'customize_register', 'parallax_customizer' );
function parallax_customizer(){

require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/customize.php' );

}

//* Include Section Image CSS
include_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/lib/output.php' );

//* Child theme (do not remove)
define( 'CHILD_THEME_NAME', 'Parallax Pro Theme' );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_URL', 'http://my.studiopress.com/themes/parallax/' );
define( 'CHILD_THEME_VERSION', '1.1' );

//* Enqueue scripts and styles
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'parallax_enqueue_scripts_styles' );
function parallax_enqueue_scripts_styles() {

wp_enqueue_script( 'parallax-responsive-menu', get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/js/responsive-menu.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.0.0' );

wp_enqueue_style( 'dashicons' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'parallax-google-fonts', '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat|Sorts+Mill+Goudy', array(), CHILD_THEME_VERSION );

}

//* Add HTML5 markup structure
add_theme_support( 'html5', array( 'search-form', 'comment-form', 'comment-list' ) );

//* Add viewport meta tag for mobile browsers
add_theme_support( 'genesis-responsive-viewport' );

//* Add support for 3-column footer widgets
add_theme_support( 'genesis-footer-widgets', 1 );

//* Reposition the primary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap', 'genesis_do_nav' );

//* Reposition the secondary navigation menu
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_subnav' );
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_subnav', 7 );

//* Reduce the secondary navigation menu to one level depth
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_args', 'parallax_secondary_menu_args' );
function parallax_secondary_menu_args( $args ){

if( 'secondary' != $args['theme_location'] )
return $args;

$args['depth'] = 1;
return $args;

}

//* Unregister layout settings
genesis_unregister_layout( 'content-sidebar-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-content-sidebar' );
genesis_unregister_layout( 'sidebar-sidebar-content' );

//* Add support for additional color styles
add_theme_support( 'genesis-style-selector', array(
'parallax-pro-blue' => __( 'Parallax Pro Blue', 'parallax' ),
'parallax-pro-green' => __( 'Parallax Pro Green', 'parallax' ),
'parallax-pro-orange' => __( 'Parallax Pro Orange', 'parallax' ),
'parallax-pro-pink' => __( 'Parallax Pro Pink', 'parallax' ),
) );

//* Unregister secondary sidebar
unregister_sidebar( 'sidebar-alt' );

//* Add support for custom header
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', array(
'width' => 360,
'height' => 70,
'header-selector' => '.site-title a',
'header-text' => false,
) );

//* Add support for structural wraps
add_theme_support( 'genesis-structural-wraps', array(
'header',
'nav',
'subnav',
'footer-widgets',
'footer',
) );

//* Hook after post widget after the entry content
add_action( 'genesis_after_entry', 'parallax_after_entry', 5 );
function parallax_after_entry() {

if ( is_singular( 'post' ) )
genesis_widget_area( 'after-entry', array(
'before' => '<div class="after-entry widget-area">',
'after' => '</div>',
) );

}

//* Modify the size of the Gravatar in the author box
add_filter( 'genesis_author_box_gravatar_size', 'parallax_author_box_gravatar' );
function parallax_author_box_gravatar( $size ) {

return 176;

}

//* Modify the size of the Gravatar in the entry comments
add_filter( 'genesis_comment_list_args', 'parallax_comments_gravatar' );
function parallax_comments_gravatar( $args ) {

$args['avatar_size'] = 120;

return $args;

}

//* Register widget areas
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-section-1',
'name' => __( 'Home Section 1', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the home section 1 section.', 'parallax' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-section-2',
'name' => __( 'Home Section 2', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the home section 2 section.', 'parallax' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-section-3',
'name' => __( 'Home Section 3', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the home section 3 section.', 'parallax' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-section-4',
'name' => __( 'Home Section 4', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the home section 4 section.', 'parallax' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-section-5',
'name' => __( 'Home Section 5', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the home section 5 section.', 'parallax' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'after-entry',
'name' => __( 'After Entry', 'parallax' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the after entry widget area.', 'parallax' ),
) );

//* Dan's Own Customization so Easy Contact Forms Works on Website front Page

add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

//* Dan's Own Customization that displays a right sidebar on the front page of the website

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'new-widget',
'name' => __( 'New Widget', 'domain' ),
'description' => __( 'Add Content Here', 'domain' ),
) );

add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'your_widget' );
function your_widget() {
if ( is_front_page() && is_active_sidebar('new-widget') ) {
genesis_widget_area( 'new-widget', array(
'before' => '<div class="new-widget widget-area">',
'after' => '</div>',
) );

}

}

[wadams92101]

Hi Brad. Thanks for the link. Can the snippet in the tutorial be added to the Genesis Simple Hooks plugin field rather than directly into the functions.php file? I would think it could but then again, why would the author of a genesis tutorial not mention it if that was the case? Also, which hook, if any, could be used to put a logo to the left of the header title?

[Brad Dalton]

Hi. No because it already includes the hook you can change. No need to use Simple Hooks.

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[Brad Dalton]

Change genesis_sidebar to another hook position

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Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

[wadams92101]

I prefer to use Simple Hooks or a custom php plugin because it makes the modifications more resilient child theme small version upgrades. For example, as soon as I started modifying News Pro 3.0, version 3.02 came out. But from what I can see, Simple Hooks doesn't contain the hook needed for this? I just found a plugin called Custom Functions, so I could try that but would prefer to use Simple Hooks first if possible.

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