Adding widget to the right of the header image

kagorges · #1 Jul 27, 2011, 11:41 PM

I cannot get my new widget to sit along side my header -- top right position.

I have used the code in configuring new widgets to create a widget successfully. I have added in the line in configuring the header, so that I have:

<?php bfa_widget_area('name=CustomImageMenu&align=3'); ?>
%image

I have tried this with and without the align=3

I have also tried inserting the following in CSS inserts:

#CustomImageMenu {position: relative; margin-top: -135px;
float: right;
margin-right: 10px;}

I'm not a CSS coder so I have no idea if this is correct -- I got it from another forum entry here.

I'm using 3.6.7 with all fixes.

All I get is the image and the widget stacked. I have removed all other widgets, and have placed an image in my created widget. I had to remove this from the site for now, but would like to put it back so that it works -- much better design layout.

Thanks!

juggledad · #2 Jul 28, 2011, 04:10 AM

What is the URL?

kagorges · #3 Jul 28, 2011, 12:15 PM

http://lanaholmes.com

It's for the interior pages -- the front page is a splash page -- and the site is in process.

I would like the navigation boxes on the right to go all the way up to the top, alongside the header, instead of two rows as I have them now.

juggledad · #4 Jul 29, 2011, 04:05 AM

Atahualpa is not deigned to run the sidebar to the top. There is a header row, a middle row and a footer row. The middle row has the sidebars.

That said, there are two options you could play with to see if they would satisfy your requirements

(1) add a widget area in the header, make the header image smaller and position the widget area with a couple of the little images next to it

(2) edit index.php and move the header image code into the 'above the loop' area.

I wouldn't guarantee either method will be completely satisfying and both will take some work, but if you have to have the sidebar images go to the top, this is what I would try.

kagorges · #5 Jul 29, 2011, 12:34 PM

Thank you! I think I'll just keep the modified layout I came up with rather than playing with the theme some more. My next step I think might be to look at creating the layout in ThemeFrame.

ldmerriam · #6 Sep 2, 2011, 06:34 AM

Juggledad--I am having the same problem. I just want my phone number and email to be on the right in all the dead white space (URL www.MerriamAssociates.com ). I tried making the logo narrower--taking maybe half of the header space, but that doesn't work. I'm not a php coder, so maybe what seems so simple is impossible?