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Need header support text and header widget to both appear in the header

By tkanotz, 11 years ago. Last reply by Andrew Misplon, 11 years ago.
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Hi there,
I’m almost done with the site I’m developing with this theme. Everything is working but I am pulling my hair out on one issue. I need the support text to appear next to the logo AND a widget area. I found this thread from about a week ago that states when a widget area is added, the support text goes away.

Header widget – want both text and widget to show on top of each other instead of next to each other…

I don’t see why this is set up this way, as it seems that the CSS could easily be manipulated to encompass both. Is there a function that takes away the support text when the widget appears? I’m using a child theme and would like to modify that, but I can’t find where it is. This is extremely frustrating and I’ve wasted hours trying to find where to modify this issue. Help is appreciated! Using Vantage premium child theme.
Thanks

URL: http://www.freeflightsinsacramento.com/testsite/

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  1. 11 years, 1 month ago tkanotz

    I figured it out. I had to go into masthead.php and position the support text above the sidebar tags. Works beautifully here:
    http://www.freeflightsinsacramento.com/testsite/

    Now to get the sidebar elements to stack…should I start a new thread?

  2. 11 years, 1 month ago matabra1111

    Can you please explain exactly what you did to make support text and widget appear at the same time..?

    Thanks

    M

  3. 11 years, 1 month ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi tkanotz

    The Vantage Header Text is editable from Appearance > Theme Settings > Logo. As you’ve seen it only displays if no widgets are added to the widget header area via Appearance > Widgets. This is unfortunately the default nature of Vantage. You could introduce a Text widget or a Visual Editor widget (http://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/) into the header widget area to mimic this functionality with other widgets added.

    If you’ve edited theme files to use the two together please remember to use a child theme to avoid having those changes overwritten during theme update.

    Please open a new thread for your sidebar question, thanks.

    matabra1111, hopefully that answers your question. Ideally use a Text or Visual Editor widget (https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/) along with whatever other widgets you require.

  4. 11 years, 28 days ago tkanotz

    matabra1111,
    Here is how I made that work…all changes are done to a vantage premium child theme:

    First I created a new masthead.php in my child theme, and added a div tag for “support-text” and moved it above the “header-sidebar” div, as follows:

    <hgroup class="full-container">
	<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home" class="logo"><?php vantage_display_logo(); ?></a>

	<div class="support-text">
		<?php do_action('vantage_support_text'); ?>
	</div>

	<?php if( is_active_sidebar('sidebar-header') ) : ?>

	<div id="header-sidebar">

    Here’s the CSS for “support-text”

    header#masthead hgroup .support-text {
    color: #5a2033;
    font-family: 'Lobster';
    font-style: normal;
    font-size: 48px;
    line-height: 1.1em;
    margin-top: 0em;
    max-width: 70%;
    position: relative;
    left: 5px;
    top: 60px;
}

    And here’s how it looks on my site:
    http://www.freeflightsinsacramento.com/testsite

    If the tagline is smaller, it stays aligned left next to the logo. Let me know if it works for you!

  5. 11 years, 27 days ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Super, glad to hear you made positive progress here. Thanks for sharing your solution with the community.

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