Thesis: Adding an ad into the header

I switched Technology Questions over to WordPress last week. This week, I started to work on cleaning up the theme. During my research, I ran across several people asking how to add an ad to a Thesis header and a tutorial. After trying several different suggestions, I modified code found on the Thesis support forum.

Code for the custom.css was changed to relative position (rather than absolute). I also had to use negative px position. Maybe there is an easier way and you’ll share it with everyone. For now, here is the custom.css code.

/* Ad in Header - relative */
.custom #leaderboard_ad { float: right; position: relative; width: 468px; height: 60px; top: -80px; left:-20px;}

Code for custom_function.php

function header_ad() { ?>
<div id="leaderboard_ad">
INSERT TRIBAL FUSION SCRIPT OR BURSTMEDIA OR .... HERE ....
</div>
<?php }
add_action('thesis_hook_header', 'header_ad');

When you are done, you should see a 468 x 60 banner in your customized header as shown below:

Go ahead and give it a try. Don’t forget to let me know how things work for you.

Tagged as: Advertising, Thesis