Showing the ticker after header in Genesis Theme.

Change the following code:

wp_enqueue_script( ‘ditty-news-ticker’ );
add_action( ‘genesis_after_header’, ‘ditty_news_ticker’ );
function your_awesome_code() {
if(function_exists(‘ditty_news_ticker’)){ditty_news_ticker(115);}
}

to:

function show_ditty_news_ticker() {
  if(function_exists(‘ditty_news_ticker’)){ditty_news_ticker(115);}
}
add_action( ‘genesis_after_header’, ‘show_ditty_news_ticker’ );

Ok, you may need to contact the Genesis team for help on this as I don’t use or know their framework.

The modification I suggested would be the correct code to use if they actually have a custom action in their framework called “genesis_after_header”. This would trigger the “show_ditty_news_ticker” function which contains the news ticker embed scripts.

There should be no reason to add “wp_enqueue_script( ‘ditty-news-ticker’ );” as the plugin itself tells WordPress to load the scripts. Again, I don’t have much of any knowledge about the Genesis framework so they would be the best resource in resolving this issue.

One test you could do is to add this code and see if anything shows up:

function show_my_test_text() {
  echo 'THIS IS MY TEST TEXT THAT SHOULD SHOW RIGHT BELOW THE HEADER';
}
add_action( ‘genesis_after_header’, ‘show_my_test_text’ );

… If this doesn’t show up on your site then the “action” you are hooking into does not exist.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by metaphorcreations.

Ok, let me know what you find out. I wish I could view the Genesis documentation to help you out more but they hide that unless you have an account with them.

Based on the way hooks work, though, I’m not sure how your current setup is working. If the ticker embed code is placed within this function:

function your_awesome_code() {
  if(function_exists(‘ditty_news_ticker’)){ditty_news_ticker(115);}
}

‘

Then “your_awesome_code” should be what is added the the action, like:

add_action( ‘genesis_after_header’, ‘your_awesome_code’ );

This tells WordPress to call the “your_awesome_code” function when the “genesis_after_header” fires. And when the “your_awesome_code” function runs, that is when your news ticker embed gets called.

When you have:

add_action( ‘genesis_after_header’, ‘ditty_news_ticker’ );

The action is calling the global ditty_news_ticker() function directly, without any parameters. It should not cause an error, but it shouldn’t display anything either since there isn’t a ticker ID included in it.

Anyways, let me know what you find out from Genesis. I’m interested to hear their response.

Thanks!