Utility Bar for Executive Pro Theme

[definemedia]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help ? I am fairly new to Genesis and am working on a website that needs a black utility bar at the top with custom widget areas - menu, search, social icons, login etc.

I have tried Carries tutorial which seems to have worked magnificently for lots of people, but unfortunately i can't get it to work in Executive Pro theme.

http://www.carriedils.com/widget-area-above-header-genesis/

The widgets do not show up in appearance / widgets.

The code ( exactly as per the tutorial ) has been added to Genesis extender ( customs functions and css ) to avoid ftp ing the functions.php and stylesheet.css

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Maria

http://www.tpiver5.definemedia.co.uk/

[Brad Dalton]

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/** Register Utility Bar Widget Areas. */

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'utility-bar-left',
'name' => __( 'Utility Bar Left', 'theme-prefix' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the left utility bar above the header.', 'theme-prefix' ),
) );

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'utility-bar-right',
'name' => __( 'Utility Bar Right', 'theme-prefix' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the right utility bar above the header.', 'theme-prefix' ),
) );

Make sure this code is added to your functions or custom functions file. Whatever that plugin uses for custom PHP code.

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[definemedia]

Hi Brad, thanks so much for getting back to me.

I have double checked, and added your version of the code above to my custom functions and the css to my custom css file, but hmm still still no widgets appear in Appearance > Widgets.

So, I have added it to the actual functions.php and stylesheet.css and it seems to work, wowza - nearly anyway.

Ideally I am trying to get it to run to the full width a bit like this http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/

At the moment it looks like this http://www.tpiver5.definemedia.co.uk/ after two days of struggling with this I finally feel I might be getting somewhere. Do you have any suggestions for how I might.

1. Make the top bar full width
2. Make the custom menu ( on the left ) run in one line instead of underneath each other

Really appreciate your help,

Maria

[DTHkelly]

Carrie Dils' Utility Bar Tutorial works with Dyanmik (Dynamik Custom functions and css).

Strange that it didn't work with Extender.

[Brad Dalton]

I would consult with Carrie Dils as she wrote the code.

Did you ask this question on her post?

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[definemedia]

Thanks very much for the feedback, that is strange isn't it if it works with Dynamik, hmmm. I will see if I can contact Carrie via her post and will repost here when I find the solution. It may well be something I am doing wrong, or possibly a conflict with the Theme. Thank you both for your support.

[definemedia]

A very rudimentary solution I am a little embarrassed to say - I needed to click the checkbox ' Custom Functions - Affect Admin' for the widgets to show in the admin area. Carrie was great with support, I was able to ask her the question after she had turned comments back on on her post. Maria

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