Title: Making a simple vertical (column) header.
Last modified: December 4, 2017

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# Making a simple vertical (column) header.

 *  [tobiasfeltus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresstobiasfeltuscom/)
 * (@wordpresstobiasfeltuscom)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-simple-vertical-column-header/)
 * Hi,
    I’m working on a very simple theme for a single site, I’m presently trying
   to move the Header to the left as a simple column with 5 or 6 text links (to 
   pages or categories).
 * I have been tinkering with no positive results, and I have found no advice on
   forums for the subject.
 * I don’t recall whether the index.html I have in my theme folder still has any
   influence on layout, as it is the only document which contains any form of layout
   that I really understand (though I’ve built some functioning themes, I am at 
   sub-millennial 3-year-old coding level).
 * Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-simple-vertical-column-header/#post-9748801)
 * >  I’m presently trying to move the Header to the left as a simple column with
   > 5 or 6 text links (to pages or categories).
 * Repositioning html elements is done via CSS. So you just need to work on the 
   stylesheet. Use a browser’s web dev tool to inspect the elements and move it 
   using CSS.
 * > I don’t recall whether the index.html I have in my theme folder still has any
   > influence on layout
 * WP theme folder doesn’t contain index.html. If one exists, I guess it’s not functioning
   as part of WP theme, it could be theme’s documentation or something.
 *  Thread Starter [tobiasfeltus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresstobiasfeltuscom/)
 * (@wordpresstobiasfeltuscom)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-simple-vertical-column-header/#post-9748873)
 * Hi P,
    My index.html must be a remnant from the original structuring of the stripped
   down theme, a few years ago.
 * Purely via CSS, I shall have a shot at it this evening.
 * Thanks,
    T
 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-simple-vertical-column-header/#post-9748878)
 * The “index.html” file has no influence upon your layout, there is a table in 
   the docs which shows which and in what order “.php” template files are used.
 * This graphic:
    `https://developer.wordpress.org/files/2014/10/wp-hierarchy-768x404.
   png` From this page: `https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-
   hierarchy/` Shows what happens.
 * What I suggest you do is to adapt one of the well known themes rather than try
   and create your own. Choose one which can have a LEFT-HAND sidebar and put your
   links into a widget in this sidebar. Then configure the header to be small and
   light on content.
    OR use a theme that has widget areas in the header, and put
   your links there.
 * Using the custom CSS in the configurator makes this easier to do than it sounds.
   You may not even need to go to using a child theme.

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 * [vertical header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/vertical-header/)

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/making-a-simple-vertical-column-header/#post-9748878)
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