I am familiar with these. What I need to be able to do is add the code somewhere in the twenty twelve header area. Right now can only add image as a header was wondering is I could somehow integrate an opt in form instead…
First create a child theme for the changes we are a making. having access to an unedited version of the theme is vital when dealing with a range of site issues.
Or download and activate a basic starter child theme for Twenty Twelve here: http://quirm.net/themes/twenty-twelve-child/
I created a child theme. what I want to do is add a widget area underneath the navigation bar where I can add html code for an aweber opt in form
Copy header.php into your child theme and change this:
<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">
<h3 class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h3>
<a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'menu_class' => 'nav-menu' ) ); ?>
</nav><!-- #site-navigation -->
to this:
<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">
<h3 class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h3>
<a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'menu_class' => 'nav-menu' ) ); ?>
</nav><!-- #site-navigation -->
<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-aweber' ) ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
And put this in your child theme’s functions.php:
function child_twentyeleven_widgets_init() {
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Below Navigation', 'twentyeleven' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-aweber',
'description' => __( 'An optional widget area below the nav menu', 'twentyeleven' ),
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => "",
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => '',
) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'child_twentyeleven_widgets_init',11 );
Thank you…I tried this and this written code shows up at the top of my pages
function child_twentytwelve_widgets_init() { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Below Navigation', 'twentytwelve' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-aweber', 'description' => __( 'An optional widget area below the nav menu', 'twentytwelve' ), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => "", 'before_title' => '', 'after_title' => '', ) ); } add_action( 'widgets_init', 'child_twentytwelve_widgets_init',11 );
I have no clue what I’m doing wrong here…
