Best 2 Know

The Ultimate Blogging Resource

How to add Hello Bar in thesis / WordPress

Hi today i m going to to tell how to add hello bar in thesis or WordPress. few days back i saw hello bar on most of the sites i visited to i thought to get it one. i got one from hellobar.com, if you need one account register their or just contact me to get an Invite.

What exactly is Hello Bar ?

Hello Bar is a fun, unobtrusive yet highly visible web toolbar that sits at the top of your website and is a great way to engage users and get them to take immediate action.

WordPress Installation :

for installing Hello Bar in WordPress its quit too easy. Just follow the below steps :

  1. Login to your WordPress Dashboard
  2. Go to Appearance >> Editor
  3. Select Header.php and find for <body> and just after that Add your Hello Bar code their. for example :
    <body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.hellobar.com/hellobar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    new HelloBar(17972,14058);
</script>
  4. Save header.php and please don't copy the above code its only for example. and place it only if you need to show my hello bar of your site

Thesis Installation :

Now you are over with the Normal WordPress theme if you are using Thesis then you need to use some different steps , to display Hello bar on thesis then follow the below steps :

  1. Login to WordPress Dashboard
  2. Go to Thesis >> Custom File Editor
  3. Select custom_functions.php and add the below code :
    function hello_bar() { ?>
Your Hello bar script here
<?php }
 
add_action('thesis_hook_before_header','hello_bar');
  4. Now just replace "Your Hello bar script here" with your own Hello Bar script and then save it

Yipee , now we have just learned to install Hello Bar on WordPress and Thesis. Now a gift or just a easy way for you to add the hello bar script theirs a plugin out their in WordPress Plugin directory named The Hello Bar through which you can install your hello bar. directly using WordPress Admin interface and you wont also have to do all these steps even if you change the theme.

Hope you like the Post , I would love to have your feedback.