How do I remove banner space from the top of the page?

  • Resolved mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)


    14 years, 5 months ago

    I am usine Socrates theme. How do I remove the alloted space for a banner on the top of my blog pages. I decided not to have banner advertising.

    Thanks in advance

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    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    sorry about that. here is a link to a page with the banner ad space on top. https://theffacts.com/category/irrefutable-ffacts/

    Try editing your theme’s header.php file and removing:

    <div class="im-topAds">
<div onmouseout="mouseOut3()" onmouseover="mouseOver3()" class="top728">
<div style="height: 90px;" id="adNew1">728x90 HTML Advertising Code</div>
</div>
<div onmouseout="mouseOut()" onmouseover="mouseOver()" class="side190">
</div>
</div>
    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    I don’t see that code in the header.php file. However, I do see somthing similar in the TopAd.php file. here is what I see:

    <div class=”im-topAds”>
    <div class=”top728″ onmouseover=”mouseOver3()” onmouseout=”mouseOut3()”>

    <?php
    $topAd = get_option(“socratesOptions”);
    if (!is_array( $topAd )){
    $topAd[‘ads’] = ‘sample ads go here’;
    }

    $adcounter = 0;
    if ($topAd[‘ads’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew1″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads’]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    if ($topAd[‘ads2’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew2″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads2′]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    if ($topAd[‘ads3’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew3″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads3′]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    ?>

    Should I remove that?

    Leave that for now. Is there a reference in header.php to something like <?php include TEMPLATEPATH . 'TopAd.php';?> in header.php? If so, try just removing that line.

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    I did a search on the header.php file for “TopAd” and “TEMPLATEPATH” and both are not present. should I cut and paste the whole header.php file so you can see it?

    thanks a billion for the help

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    maybe this is it?

    <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
    <div class=”im-wrapper” align=”center”>
    <div class=”topBar”></div>
    <div class=”im-frame”>

    <!– Upper Navigation –>
    <?php if (!$topNav[‘display’] || $topNav[‘display’] == ‘none’ ){ ?>
    <div class=”im-topNav” style=”background:none”></div>
    <?php } else {
    $custom_fields = get_post_custom($post->ID);

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    this is in the topAd.php file. this might be it:

    <div class=”im-topAds”>
    <div class=”top728″ onmouseover=”mouseOver3()” onmouseout=”mouseOut3()”>

    <?php
    $topAd = get_option(“socratesOptions”);
    if (!is_array( $topAd )){
    $topAd[‘ads’] = ‘sample ads go here’;
    }

    $adcounter = 0;
    if ($topAd[‘ads’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew1″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads’]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    if ($topAd[‘ads2’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew2″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads2′]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    if ($topAd[‘ads3’] != ”){
    echo ‘<div id=”adNew3″ style=”height:90px;”>’.stripslashes($topAd[‘ads3′]).'</div>’;
    $adcounter++;
    }

    ?>

    </div>
    <div class=”side190″ onmouseover=”mouseOver()” onmouseout=”mouseOut()”>

    <?php //loop through the small ads and create a sliding dive for each one.
    $smallAds = get_option(“smallAdOptions”);
    $count = 1;

    Drop a copy of header.php into the WordPress pastebin and post the pastebin url here.

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    hopefully this url gets you to it:

    https://wordpress.pastebin.com/WdknZ2QH

    Thanks

    It’s not in that file. Can you put a copy of index.php in the pastebin?

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    I am on the “editor” tab under the “appearance” section. I do not see a listing for the file index.php file.

    Am I in the wrong spot? If so, where should I look for it? I will keep looking in the mean time.

    thanks

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    found it. here it is:

    https://wordpress.pastebin.com/PqnxQmA5

    thanks

    Thread Starter mattlambeau

    (@mattlambeau)

    here is the topAd.php file as well:

    https://wordpress.pastebin.com/ir6R56tk

    thanks

    Can you try removing //include "topAd.php"; from index.php? It shouldn’t be active because it’s been commented out (//) but there’s something else going on here. Also, check the theme’s options in the Appearance sub-menu in case you have the ability to disable the top ad.

    If none of the above works, you may have to delve into the theme’s functions.php file.

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