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Monday, July 10, 2017

How to Design a Custom Header with the Themify Builder

Take full creative control with your site using Themify Builder - starting with your header! We understand the need to create unique sites that showcase your brand. Whether it's with the post/page layouts, color scheme, or even the fonts used - every little detail counts when making your site stand-out from the competition. Which is why we've created this tutorial to showcase how you can create your own custom header design using the Themify Builder.

Note: This tutorial is only applicable with the Ultra or Shoppe theme.

5 Free Header Designs

We wanted to get you started right away, so in addition to the tutorial, as a special treat, we've created 5 free header designs that you can import. You can view and download these demo layouts below.

Requirements:

Ultra or Shoppe theme activated on user site

Now let's get started!

Step 1:

Go to your Themify theme > Builder Layout Part
Create a new Builder Layout Part or download one of our free header design here
Copy the layout part shortcode

step 1

Step 2:

Go to your Themify Settings > Theme Settings >Theme Appearance
Select "No Header"

step 2

Step 3:

Go to your Themify Settings > Hook Content
Add a new hook content in "body_start"
Insert the layout part shortcode (the header layout created in step 1). This will insert the header layout part in the header area.
- Optional: Add a condition to set which page you would like to use this header only. You can do this by clicking the "+condition" option.

step 3

That's it! 3 simple steps to create your own custom header!

Step 4 (Optional): Sticky Header

You can also make your header design sticky by adding CSS class "sticky-header" on the row options. The row that you add this CSS class too will only appear when you scroll through your site. Recommended way to add this:

Go to Themify > Settings > General, add the following code in Header Code:


<style>
body:not(.themify_builder_active) .themify_builder_row.sticky-header {
        position: fixed;
        top: -100%;
        opacity: 0;
        transition: all 1s;
        z-index: 9999;
}
body:not(.themify_builder_active).builder_sticky_header .themify_builder_row.sticky-header {
        opacity: 1;
        top: 0;
}
</style>
<script>
jQuery(function($){
        var body = $( 'body' ),
                header = $( '.themify_builder_row.regular-header' );
        $(window).on( 'scroll touchstart.touchScroll touchmove.touchScroll', function(){
                if ( $(window).scrollTop() <= header.outerHeight() ) {
                        body.removeClass( 'builder_sticky_header' );
                } else {
                        body.addClass( 'builder_sticky_header' );
                }
        } ).trigger( 'scroll' );
});
</script>