There is a lot of empty space toward the right margin of the page, to the right of the breadcrumbs. I would like to utilize that empty space to put a widget (search box). I’ve tried a few things but my programming skills are lacking. How can I place a widget area in that empty space?
Any help would be appreciated.
Have a great Sunday.
Chris
Hi Chris
Thanks for reaching out.
We, unfortunately, can’t dive very deep into these tasks due the amount of custom development involved. A summary would be:
1. Create new widget area in child theme functions file:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes#How_to_Register_a_Widget_Area
2. Copy header.php to child theme if not there already.
3. Display that widget area after
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes#How_to_display_new_Widget_Areas
There are other styling concerns that would need to be handled but the above is the basics.
thanks Andrew. I just realized that I asked the exact same question in two different threads a month apart. I don’t remember posting the first time (it must have been one of those very long days). I apologize for the duplication and thank you for your feedback. I was hoping that creating a widget area would be easier, but it does look involved.