Twenty Eleven Child Theme Issue

This code was placed into the parent 2011 theme

into which file exactly? can you post the full code?

@alchymyth

Sure!

It was placed into the parent themes function.php file to create the widget. See image: https://pasteboard.co/Jf2BXl7.jpg

Code

/**
	 * Header Widget .  */

function wpb_widgets_init() {
 
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name'          => 'Header Widget',
        'id'            => 'custom-header-widget',
        'before_widget' => '<div class="chw-widget">',
        'after_widget'  => '</div>',
        'before_title'  => '<h2 class="chw-title">',
        'after_title'   => '</h2>',
    ) );
 
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'wpb_widgets_init' );

This then creates the widget (see image: https://pasteboard.co/Jf2CiZ3.png that I use site origin to built out that row of books beneath the menu: https://rickdestefanis.com/.

The placement of the widget code to display goes into the parent themes header.php file. See image: https://pasteboard.co/Jf2DDzf.png

Code:

<!-- Custom Code for Header Widget to Appear -->
<?php
 
if ( is_active_sidebar( 'custom-header-widget' ) ) : ?>
    <div id="header-widget-area" class="chw-widget-area widget-area" role="complementary">
    <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'custom-header-widget' ); ?>
    </div>
     
<?php endif; ?>

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Pcosta88.

did you edit both the functions.php and the header.php in your child theme accordingly?

does the widget area show in the same way as in https://pasteboard.co/Jf2CiZ3.png when you use the child theme?