How to add div with text only to header.php file?

How can I get this div to appear in my header and do I use the echo function to get the text in the php file?

Yes you may have to echo it out in the header.php file, but if you didn’t build your theme from scratch, you ought to avoid editing the theme’s files and use a Child Theme instead.

Thanks I will look into that… but how do I get the new div and text to appear on the header? Here is the php from the header.php file:

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Where should I put the new div and how should I write it?
Thanks!

Whereabouts do you want the div to appear on the page?

I want it to appear over the .top_line, centered in the black area at the top of each page between the gold from the logo area and the search box.

Here’s the code from the header.php: https://pastebin.com/fE6vqrv0

Try putting it in-between line 26 and 27;

<section class="top_line">
        <?php if ( get_option('my_framework_searchbox') == 'true') { ?>

So you’ll have

<section class="top_line">
   <div>ABC123</div>
        <?php if ( get_option('my_framework_searchbox') == 'true') { ?>

I cant see a difference… am I supposed to put my div id instead of just div?

I thought you said you already created the <div>, so I assumed your div, with the CSS you posted, would look like;

<div id="slogan>
 Your Slogan etc.
</div>

This is what I have:

<section class=”top_line”>
<div id=”slogan”>ABC123</div>

But I don’t see any difference.

https://www.carolmcanally.com/

Thanks for your help!

You haven’t closed off your speech mark, first do this.

woops… ok I did that and now I can see the text at the top… but part of my header slider is gone.

Play around with the CSS you’ve applied to <div id="slogan">, although I can’t see what you mean.

Ok everything seems ok… but I can’t get the div to move to the right with relative positioning. I tried left padding but it didn’t move.

Any suggestions?

Nevermind I forgot a ;

I can’t thank you enough for your help!

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You’re welcome.