ThemeShaper Forums Topic: Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme

ThemeShaper Forums Topic: Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sat, 25 May 2013 12:48:11 +0000 Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4480 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:17:14 +0000 Chris 4480@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Scott, send a mail to chris (at) wupperpiraten (dot) de. Depending on the internet connection it could take me a while to answer. I'm currently on tour with our mobile home. Will be back on Sunday. Cheers, Chris sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4478 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:05:37 +0000 sfrangos 4478@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Chris - Thanks. Visited your site, but did not see how to contact you there. Have some possible work for you... how do we connect? - Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4448 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:14:25 +0000 Chris 4448@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Scott, .. my fault .. meant prio 8 .. This is what I did here: <pre><code>#branding { float: left; width: 620px; } #header-contact { float: right; width: 320px; padding: 88px 0 44px; } /* This will clear the floats and keeps the access bottom line from jumping into the air */ #access { clear: both; }</code></pre> Using these settings the blog description will stay where it should be. You still need to adjust the left padding / margin for #branding. Cheers, Chris sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4447 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:12 +0000 sfrangos 4447@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Chris - I wondered if you saw the same thing when you did a test? Thanks - Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4414 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:03:59 +0000 Chris 4414@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ .. will do some tests later this evening. sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4411 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:50:52 +0000 sfrangos 4411@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Chris - Thanks for the prompt response. Hey, I did buy the PowerBlog theme and plan to keep working closely with you guys. That is a good one. Yes... I started with it in prio 6, then tried each of the others and had the same problem. That current position -- 2, is the last one I tried with the same result. To help troubleshoot, see a comparative screenshot with firebug inspection showing the odd inclusion of the h1 tag (child theme does not call for it) in the description - <a href="http://cmswebsitesolutions.com/images/childdescproblem.png">HERE</a>. Your help is much appreciated -- would like to solve this one and understand the problem. - Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4399 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:41:12 +0000 Chris 4399@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Scott, have you tried to add your function with prio 6? In this case #header-contact would be parallel to #branding and shouldn't interfere with the blog description. Cheers, Chris sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4383 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:55:03 +0000 sfrangos 4383@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Chris - Thanks - I do plan to purchase the PowerBlog Theme. Now I have a related problem in building a child theme with my newly created child theme with action hook in it. In a nutshell, when I include the new action hook, the Blog Description div appears lower on the Home and Blog page, but not on regular pages. <ul> <li>Here's an <a href="http://client3.cmswebsitesolutions.com/">example of the home page with description lower</a></li> <li>Here's an <a href="http://client3.cmswebsitesolutions.com/about/">example of the about page with description higher</a></li> <li>Note, while inspecting each page, I saw that on the home and blog page, the description is wrapped in an h1, but on the other pages it is not. Even so, I have not been able to take control of it (remove padding, margins) in CSS. Is the h1 tag added by Thematic to those page for SEO purposes?</li> <li> I thought perhaps my code in the functions file could be the culprit (modified a bit since we reviewed it above), but cannot see any problems: <pre><code>// First we make our function function childtheme_contact_blurb() { { ?>  <div id="header-contact"> Contact: 000.000.0000 <form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/"> <input type="text" size="put_a_size_here" name="s" id="s" value="Search here" onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultValue;"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" class="btn" /> </form> </div>  <?php } } // end of our new function childtheme_contact_blurb // Now we add our new function to our Thematic Action Hook add_action('thematic_header','childtheme_contact_blurb', 2); ?></code></pre> </li> </ul> Your help will be appreciated. Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4274 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:58:06 +0000 Chris 4274@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ .. you could buy the PowerBlog Theme :-) Cheers, Chris sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4208 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:31:28 +0000 sfrangos 4208@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hi Chris - Great stuff! Where do I make a donation to support the effort? - Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4207 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:19:59 +0000 Chris 4207@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ .. add the following code to your child theme's functions.php: <pre><code>function additional_header_content() { // your stuff goes inside here } add_action('thematic_header', 'additional_header_content', 6);</code></pre> If you take a look at the <a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/guide/?page_id=10">Theme Hooks</a>, using prio 6 will place your action right between thematic_blogdescription() and thematic_brandingclose(). Cheers, Chris Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4206 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:14:45 +0000 Chris 4206@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ .. you were faster .. will be back in a couple of minutes with some code sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4205 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:11:21 +0000 sfrangos 4205@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello Chris - After reading the blog about <a href="http://themeshaper.com/action-hooks-wordpress-child-themes/">action hooks</a>, and then the <a href="http://themeshaper.com/thematic/guide/?page_id=10">wiki list of Theme Hooks for Thematic</a>, I think I can get my question to the next level for you all: I now understand how to use an Action Hook to add content, and have written one like this: <pre><code>// First we make our function function childtheme_contact_blurb() { { ?>  <div id="header-contact"> Phone No.: 000.000.0000 </div>  <?php } } // end of our new function childtheme_welcome_blurb // Now we add our new function to our Thematic Action Hook add_action('thematic_header','childtheme_contact_blurb'); ?></code></pre> Add function. Add HTML. Place it via where you add it (in this case, thmatic_header). But it is the last point where I can use your help... I would like to have it after the blog description and before the branding close actions. How do I add it there? Thanks - Scott Chris on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4204 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:10:50 +0000 Chris 4204@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Scott, could you please give me some more details .. where should this new div be located? - in #branding - outside of #branding Cheers, Chris sfrangos on "Add Divs (content) in Branding Area in Child Theme" http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/add-divs-content-in-branding-area-in-child-theme#post-4200 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:29:24 +0000 sfrangos 4200@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Hello - Great theme, and great help -- thanks. I have been reading the forum and saw a couple of posts where you were asked about adding content in the branding area. The reply was to use a child theme (got the concept... great), and then a moderator spoke about functions that define the header: <blockquote> The following functions define the header: thematic_brandingopen() thematic_blogtitle() thematic_blogdescription() thematic_brandingclose() thematic_access() All are located in thematic/library/extensions/hooks-filters.php </blockquote> Ok. But that does not answer the specific question which is: Using a child theme, what are the specific steps to take to add a div with content (say a telephone number, maybe a search box, etc.) to the branding area? Is it done in the functions? Functions plus a child header.php? Where are the divs and content actually inserted? Thanks. I would like to make a contribution in the spirit of the GPL and open source to support this work... where do I do that? - Scott