Replacing default header with banner ads

[CharlesClarkson]

Originally Posted by mckinleydenali

How can I remove any content from the header section and replace it with a PHP script which loads banners?

Almost everything in Genesis is inserted using a WordPress Action. To remove anything from a page requires:

1. Finding out how it got there and
2. Reversing that action.

It the same thing no matter which section you are working on, including the page header.

Searching the Genesis code for the markup in the page source (<div id="header">) you'll found this on the bottom of the genesis/lib/structure/header.php Genesis theme file:

PHP Code:

add_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' ); 


Suspecting it might be adding the Genesis header, I used this in the functions.php child theme file on a test site:

PHP Code:

remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' ); 


After testing to make sure that removed the header, test to see if a custom function will put it back.

PHP Code:

remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' );
add_action( 'genesis_header', 'child_do_header' );
function child_do_header() {
    genesis_do_header();
} 


It does. Now change it to add your custom code:

PHP Code:

remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' );
add_action( 'genesis_header', 'child_do_header' );
/**
 * Add custom header to pages.
 */
function child_do_header() {
    // Add custom header code here.
}