I also downloaded an ad plugin but see no way to implement it with the Renew dashboard choices. It shows up under “Widgets” in my Renew Sidebar but there is no place to paste HTML for the ad. What am I missing here?

Thanks,

Caren
paintingheart.com

Thanks for writing in!

You can create your menu by navigating to Appearance > Menus.

http://screencast.com/t/uF4CV9Uq9Ykw

Then to put it in the topbar. Menu name should be Topbar Menu

Create file _topbar.php in wp-content\themes\x-child-renew\framework\views\global
and copy the code below into that file.

<?php

// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/GLOBAL/_TOPBAR.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes topbar output.
// =============================================================================

?>

<?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_topbar_display', '' ) == '1' ) : ?>

  <div class="x-topbar">
    <div class="x-topbar-inner x-container-fluid max width">
      <?php if ( x_get_option( 'x_topbar_content' ) != '' ) : ?>
      <p class="p-info"><?php echo x_get_option( 'x_topbar_content' ); ?></p>
      <?php endif; ?> 
      <?php

        wp_nav_menu( array(
            'menu'           => 'topbar-menu',
            'container'      => false,
            'menu_class'     => 'x-nav sf-menu',
            'container'       => 'div',
            'container_class' => 'top-menu',
        ) );
      ?>
      <?php x_social_global(); ?>
    </div>
  </div>

<?php endif; ?>

You can then add this under Custom > CSS in the Customizer.

.top-menu {
      float:left;
}

.top-menu ul {
     margin:0;
}

.top-menu li {
     display:inline-block;
}
.top-menu li a {
    padding:0 20px 0 0;
    line-height:46px;
}

With regards to your ad plugin, Can you tell us where you would like the ad to show? and what ad plugin you are using.

Hope this helps. 🙂

“Create file _topbar.php in wp-content\themes\x-child-renew\framework\views\global
and copy the code below into that file.”

thanks!

caren

We’re sorry for the confusion!

You first need to install a child theme in your website. Because this requires a template change, I’d advise that you setup a child theme. This allows you to make code changes that won’t be overwritten when an X update is released. After your child theme is setup, please review how we recommend making template changes in Customization Best Practices.

After that, copy the file wp-content/themes/x/framework/views/global/_topbar.php in your child theme’s folder /framework/views/global/, open the file in a text editor and replace entire code with the above given code.

That’s it 🙂

Regarding the ads, you can add them in using a text widget in your sidebar by going into Appearance > Widgets.

Hope this helps. 🙂

Thank you.

You won’t loose any content when switching from one theme to another or from parent theme to child theme,

The only thing you need to do is re assign your menu as wordpress menus are tied with active theme. You should also check the widget and see of there are missing widgets after switching to child theme, Missing widgets will usually go to “Inactive Widgets” and you can simply drag and assign them to their correct positions.

Cheers

1. How do I customize the font color and size on the topbar? Right now I think it’s using the Customizer Body selections.
2. How do I make the background of the topbar black to match my navbar (and please no line separating the topbar and the navbar – they should look like one large header).
3. How do I make the WPML plugin display a menu in this topbar?

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Thanks awesome support staff!

Add the following code:
#1

.top-menu a {
color: white;
font-size: 12px;
}

#2

.x-topbar {
background-color: #000;
}

#3 You have already used the custom code to display menu in topbar,you need to add item to topbar-menu.

Hope it helps.