how to add a social media bar below the menu

depending on your theme you might be able to hack the header.php code and add a line with the images and links

Thanks. I’ll look into that. The site is built with the twenty-ten theme.

Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme! Your changes will be over-written the next time you upgrade WordPress or the theme. For this reason, it is recommended that you consider creating a child theme for your customisations.

I already use child themes for my site.

Any suggestions on what to do with my header.php file (in my child theme), to create another bar below my menu?

Why not just add the new div markup to header.php?

Is that all I have to do? Can I just write in the html in between the two div’s below I copied from my header.php?

</div><!-- #access -->
		</div><!-- #masthead -->

It looks like this is after the menu div (#access) and before the end of the # masthead div? Or should the new div go between these two below?

</div><!-- #masthead -->
	</div><!-- #header -->

And can I stick a table with html inside the new div I put in the header.php?

Thanks.

You can place whatever markup you want into your template files. The exact positioning within the markup depends upon where you want the new bar to appear. Experiment! If you don’t get it right first time, move the markup block to a slightly different location. It should only take a few minutes and it’s one of the best ways to learn how to manipulate your template markup.

Thanks for your help. I will experiment with this… it sounds easier than I thought it would be.

A lot of the time, people do try to over-think these kinds of changes. ?? The only rule I’d recommend is keeping backup copy of your template file(s) each time you make any changes. That way, if everything does go pear-shaped, you can always restore the previous, working, version.

I think it’s those letters “.php” that make everything seem more complicated than it really is.