Captivating - All Other Widget Areas

Quick Links

Each of these additional widget areas can be found by navigating to Appearance > Widgets.

Header Right

By default, this space has a Custom Menu widget to position the logo to the left and navigation to the right. You can also  use this space for an ad banner or your social media icons. For more information on setting a navigation menu in this space, see this article.

The demo shows a custom menu widget in this area.

Primary Sidebar

The Captivating theme displays the Primary Sidebar on all pages, including the Home Page. The widget settings for the Primary Sidebar are as follows:

More information on setting up the Genesis User Profile widget can be found  HERE.
More information on setting up the Simple Social Icons widget can be found  HERE.
More information on setting up the Genesis eNews Extended widget can be found  HERE.

Announcements

Make announcements site-wide with the sticky announcement bar featured at the top of the theme. 

This is the code to add a button to the Custom HTML widget:

You can also place a newsletter sign up box there as well by using a Genesis - eNews Extended widget.

More information on setting up the Genesis eNews Extended widget can be found HERE.

Nav Social Menu

To add your social media icons to the top navigation of your site, you’ll place a Simple Social Icons widget into the Nav Social Menu widget space. For information on how to set up the social icons, see here.

Site Wide CTA

This widget area appears between the Home Featured and Home Above Content widget spaces, as well as at the bottom of all other pages. This space could be used for an ad banner or an email newsletter signup, as shown in the demo.

More information on setting up the Genesis eNews Extended widget can be found  HERE.

Category Index

The Category Index displays your categories in an organized manner. See this tutorial for instructions on setting up this feature.

Above Blog Content

The Above Blog Content widget displays the featured images on the Custom Blog page. See this tutorial for instructions on setting up the Custom Blog page template.

Footer Instagram Widget

The Captivating theme uses the Instagram Feed plugin to import your most recent Instagram posts. For detailed instructions on setting up the Instagram Feed plugin, see THIS TUTORIAL.

To display your Instagram feed in the footer, drag and drop a Custom HTML widget into the Footer Instagram Widget space, using the shortcode shown below.

Footer 1, 2, 3

The three Footer widget sections appear above the Instagram Feed and above the Site Footer Credits. These widget areas have been left empty in the demo, but are ideal spaces for a user profile, featured posts/products, a custom menu, social icons, search widget, etc.

After Entry

Content placed in the After Entry Widget area will display after single entries. A newsletter signup form is shown in the demo.