I don't know php enough to know how to do this properly, but I would like to create a widget area below the #header and above the #main, for the home page.
I have a child theme: catch-box-pro-child
I found this tutorial: https://devotepress.com/tutorials-hacks/wordpress-coding/how-to-register-sidebars-in-wordpress/
I know I need to register it by dropping code in the functions.php
(Can I use the 'child' function.php and just added it to the end, or do I need the entire catch-box-pro functions.php code copied over to my child one??)
This is the code that the tutorial tells me to drop in, but I'm not sure
where and what to change on it.
It will not be a header, but a "before-content-widget". I tried to edit it but it broke my site until I restored the original functions.php..... so obviously I need help to get the code right?
* Register a widget area.
*/
function register_widget_areas() {
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( ' Header Widget Area', 'twentyfifteen' ),
'id' =>'header-1',
'description' => __( 'Add widgets here to appear in your header.', 'twentyfifteen' ),
'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '
<h2 class="widget-title">', 'after_title' => '</h2>
', ) ); } add_action( 'widgets_init', 'register_widget_areas' ); ;
Then I don't know where to drop this:
.
<!--?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'header-1' ) ) : ?-->
<div class="header-area"></div>
The example is using header so they are dropping it into the header.php.... but I want it above the content area, including above any sidebars. Is this the best way to do this??
