[Resolved] how to modify my sidebar widgets and that top header that elementor doesn't let

[Darla]

I bought the 49 dollar generate press and the 50 dollar elementor in order to use that zeal theme and it’s been weeks, and i’m confused and i can’t find step by step directions and the youtube video helped, but i can’t change the header and i can’t go into the sidebar and change it and the footers . how do you go into those parts and change them?

[Leo]

Hi there,

Thanks for opening a support topic.

What would you like to change about the header? All the options for that should be in the customizer.

As for sidebar widgets and footer bar widgets, they should be in the normal WP widgets menu:
https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets

Let me know if this helps 🙂

[Darla]

Thanks Leo,
So that’s cool. Now I can work on my widgets. I was sure that top header was a widget, but it doesn’t seem to be. It’s the very top of my home page or welcome page. It doesn’t get the pencil link on it, like the widgets just did, or like the sections get when I hover over them in elementor edit. So, I can’t delete or change it. It just stays there. It’s the Zeal template I got from Generate Press.

[Leo]

What exactly are you trying to edit in the header?

Zeal’s header is super simple. It’s just a logo and float right navigation:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-header-logo/
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/navigation-location/

And the padding options are also in the customizer:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/header-padding/

[Darla]

Ok, so maybe I’m not referring to it with the correct term. BTW, I really appreciate your help.

I’m talking about the section right under the logo/menu “header” area. Right now, it’s got a tunnel image background and the big text says, “PRODUCERS OF GREAT ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM” That whole section doesn’t get modify things anywhere when I hover over it. And it’s not a widget, like I thought. How do I modify that section?

[Leo]

That is a page hero in header element:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/header-element-overview/

[Darla]

Oh, that’s it! Thanks so much.
I need to customize my color picker. Where did I see that?

[Leo]

Not quite sure what you mean.

Any chance you can open a new topic for the separate question?

Thanks!

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