Add Google Search in Social Header

[aamartines]

My institution requires a Google Search toolbar in the top right of a maroon banner of our site. Almost all of our sites use Drupal, so this is our first time experimenting with WordPress and Kleo.

I’ve managed the banner, but am trying to implement the search toolbar. I installed and configured the WP Google Search (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-search/) plugin, and have done a bit of googling. I found this thread, that suggested I contact you all: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-add-search-box-in-header.

I can’t share a link to the site, since it’s currently locally hosted, but here’s a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/BCZspFq.png

Here’s the CSS I did for the header:
/* Add UMass Brand to social header above header
*/
.social-header {
height: 50px;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
background-image: url(“http://128.119.164.207/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/umass-wordmark-small.png”) !important;
background-color: #881c1c;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 3% 12px;
}

So, my question is: how can I add a Google Search toolbar to the top right of the maroon banner that occupies the Social Header of my site?

[sharmstr]

The top right of social header is where the top menu goes, so have you looked at the possibility of using a plugin to add a widget to the top menu? Then you might be able to use a text widget to add the google shortcode. Or maybe look for a pluging that allows you to add a shortcode to the top menu?

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[sharmstr]

Or another possibility is editing /kleo/page-parts/general-title-section.php. Instead displaying the top menu, you could echo the shortcode for the google search???

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[aamartines]

Hey Sharmstr,

Thanks for those ideas! I came up empty looking for (free) plugins for adding widget areas, but that seems like it would be on the right track.

If I edit /kleo/page-parts/general-title-section.php, would that be wiped out in an update?

[sharmstr]

Not if you copy it to your child theme

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[aamartines]

Oh, I see what you mean – didn’t even think of that. I’ll give it a try.

[sharmstr]

Did you see this? https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-in-menus/

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