How to add a News Ticker in header area

@petermilliken: You have to create child theme for this. You can find more on how to create child theme HERE. Then in your child theme’s functions.php add the following codes.

add_action( 'init', 'catchresponsive_child_ticker_below_slider' );
function catchresponsive_child_ticker_below_slider() {
	//Display Ticker below Slider
	add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_display_ticker', 11 );
	
	//Display Ticker Below Social Icons
	//add_action( 'catchresponsive_after_header', 'catchresponsive_display_ticker', 19 );
}

function catchresponsive_display_ticker() {
	if( function_exists( 'ditty_news_ticker' ) ) {
		ditty_news_ticker(218);
	}
}

Note: In the above code
add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_display_ticker', 11 );
will display ticker before Slider
And
add_action( 'catchresponsive_after_header', 'catchresponsive_display_ticker', 19 );
will display ticker before Social Icons. Please use any one, and comment the other. For now I’ve displayed the ticker below slider.

Regards,
Mahesh

@petermilliken: Yes, you can simply do it in the current theme but on updating the theme you’ll lose all the customization. That is where the child theme comes in handy. It is recommended to use child theme for customization.

Regards,
Mahesh