HI Stine,
Just copy that header.php file over to your child theme, then modify it. The code inside header.php will look different for every theme, but take a close look and you should be able to work out where the different elements are (header, navigation etc) and paste the shortcode in where you think it should go.
If it doesn’t work the first time, try a different location until you get it right – there’s nothing wrong with trial and error 🙂
Alternatively, your theme might have a settings page which allows you to specify some HMTL/PHP to include just below the header, it’s worth looking there first.
Regards,
Tom.
Hi Tom,
Thank you so much for your great answer 🙂 I’ve tried both of your solutions, and they both work beautifully.
Actually I think it would look even better having the slider right under the navigation as shown in your demo video. I have tried pasting the code different places in my child themes header.php file, but the slider either goes above the navigation and title of the site, doesn’t do anything or gives me an error message when loading the page.
This is my full header.php code:
<?php
do_action( 'genesis_doctype' );
do_action( 'genesis_title' );
do_action( 'genesis_meta' );
wp_head(); //* we need this for plugins
?>
</head>
<?php
genesis_markup( array(
'html5' => '<body %s>',
'xhtml' => sprintf( '<body class="%s">', implode( ' ', get_body_class() ) ),
'context' => 'body',
) );
do_action( 'genesis_before' );
genesis_markup( array(
'html5' => '<div %s>',
'xhtml' => '<div id="wrap">',
'context' => 'site-container',
) );
do_action( 'genesis_before_header' );
do_action( 'genesis_header' );
do_action( 'genesis_after_header' );
genesis_markup( array(
'html5' => '<div %s>',
'xhtml' => '<div id="inner">',
'context' => 'site-inner',
) );
genesis_structural_wrap( 'site-inner' );
Do you see, where the slider code is supposed to go if I would like to put it right below the navigation of my site?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Kind regards,
Stine
Hi Stine,
It’s not too easy to say, but try under “do_action( ‘genesis_after_header’ );”, if not.. keep working your way down.
The code in the header suggests there might be a ‘Header Code’ section in your theme settings where you can specify custom code to output below the header – I would check that first before modifying the files.
Regards,
Tom.
Fantastic – thank you very much! I tried adding the code right after “do_action( ‘genesis_after_header’ );” again. Last time I got an error, but this time I deleted the <?php tags – and it works! Yay 🙂
There is indeed a ‘Header Code’ section in my theme settings, however if I paste the slider code there, the slider goes above the navigation.
It might be possible to add some more code there to make the slider go below the navigation, however I have no clue how to write this 😉
As long as copying the header.php file to the child theme and then modifying it doesn’t break anything, this solution is fine with me 🙂
Last question (I promise) – do you know if it could cause problems that I have duplicate code in the two header.php files?
Kind regards,
Stine
Hi Stine,
Nope it wont cause problems, that’s how child themes work – if the file exists in the child theme then WordPress will use it (instead of the one in the parent theme). This means you can make all your custom changes in your child theme, but still apply updates to the parent theme without losing your changes.
Regards,
Tom.
Hi Tom,
Thank you so much for all your help, I appreciate it!
Have a great weekend 🙂
Kind regards,
Stine
You’re welcome – thanks for the review!
