Optin area at the top of page on Eleven 40 theme possible?

[blueclcl]

How easy is it to have an opt in area with text at the top of my page on the eleven 40 theme?

Something similar to the below sites:

http://boostblogtraffic.com
http://viverdeblog.com/

Is this something I could do ( Not very clued up with css )

or do I need to pay someone?

Thanks for your advice!

Colin

[nunotmp]

Adding an area below the header is not to difficult but having the the area display like the examples could take quite a bit of CSS. Would you like for me show you how to add the widget area?

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[blueclcl]

Yes if you don't mind..

Thanks

[nunotmp]

First you have to add the widget with this.

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'          => 'opt-in',
	'name'        => 'Opt in',
	'description' => 'This is the Opt in widget area.',
) );

You then need to create a function to house the widget area to display on the front it. Something like this will work.

function opt_in_area() {
	genesis_widget_area( 'opt-in', array(
		'before' => '<section class="opt-in-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'  => '</div></section>',
	) );
}

Once that is in place you just need to hook it to where you want it to display. If you want a full width area then hook it to genesis_after_header so this will work.
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'opt_in_area' );

You would then have to use widgets or HTML code in a text widget to markup and you can add styling to the area by targeting

.opt-in-area{  
//css goes here
}

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