How to Create a Custom Global Header with Divi’s Theme Builder

Now that the Theme Builder is here, we can’t wait to dive into new tutorials that’ll help you set up your website from A to Z. This includes creating custom headers using Divi and its built-in option. In this tutorial, we’ll focus on creating a global header using Divi’s Theme Builder. A global header will show up everywhere on your website unless you’ve assigned a different header to that page or post.

Let’s get to it!

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

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1. Setup Your Primary Menu

Start by creating your menu in the appearance settings of your WordPress website.

2. Go to the Theme Builder Options

Then, navigate to the Theme Builder in Divi’s Theme Options. Once there, you’ll notice an empty default website template.

3. Add & Build Global Header

The default website template is where you can start creating your custom global header, global body and global footer. Click on ‘Add Global Header’ and continue by clicking on ‘Build Global Header’ to get started with the process.

Section Settings

Sizing

Open the section you can notice on the page, move on to the design tab and change the width across different screen sizes.

• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 1280px (Desktop), 100% (Tablet & Phone)

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Border

Add some border radius to the bottom left and right corners of the section next.

• Bottom Left: 50px
• Bottom Right: 50px

Box Shadow

We’re also adding a subtle box shadow.

• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 60px
• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.13)

Visibility

Then, go to the advanced tab and hide the overflows. Increase the z index too, this will help ensure that the section remains on top of all page content.

• Horizontal Overflow: Visible
• Vertical Overflow: Visible
• Z Index: 99999

4. Dedicate New Row to Header

Now that we’ve completed the general section settings, we can start adding rows. In total, we’ll need two rows; one that’s dedicated to the header, and one that allows the menu items to show up. We’ll start with the header by adding a new row using the following column structure:

Row Settings

Background Color

Without adding any modules to the row, open the row settings and change the background color.

• Background Color: #38383f

Sizing

Modify the row’s sizing settings next.

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Display

And make sure the columns appear next to each other on smaller screen sizes as well by adding one single line of CSS code to the row’s main element.

display: flex;

Add Image Module to Column 1

Upload Logo

Once you’ve completed the row settings, it’s time to start adding modules. Add an Image Module to column 1 and upload your logo.

Alignment

Move on to the design tab and make sure you’re using left image alignment.

Sizing

Modify the module’s width too.

Spacing

And add some custom margin values across different screen sizes.

• Top Margin: 5px
• Left Margin: 50px (Desktop), 20px (Tablet & Phone)

Add Social Media Follow Module to Column 2

Add Social Networks

On to the second column. There, we’ll need a Social Media Follow Module. Add the social networks of your choice.

Social Network Background Color

Then, open each social network individually and change the background color into a completely transparent one.

• Background Color: rgba(0,0,0,0)

Alignment

Go back to the module’s normal settings and change the entire module alignment next.

Icon

Modify the icon settings too.

• Icon Color: #ffffff
• Use Custom Icon Size: Yes
• Icon Font Size: 16px (Desktop & Tablet), 12px (Phone)

Spacing

And add some top margin.

Add Button Module to Column 3

Add Copy

Move on to the third column and add a Button Module with some copy of your choice.

Alignment

Change the button alignment in the design tab.

Button Settings

Style the button settings accordingly:

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 12px (Desktop), 10px (Tablet), 8px (Phone)
• Button Text Color: #ffffff
• Button Background Color: #ffae25
• Button Border Width: 0px

• Button Border Radius: 0px
• Button Letter Spacing: 5px (Desktop), 3px (Tablet & Phone)
• Button Font: Open Sans
• Button Font Weight: Bold
• Button Font Style: Uppercase

Spacing

And add some custom padding values across different screen sizes.

• Top Padding: 20px
• Bottom Padding: 20px
• Left Padding: 50px (Desktop & Tablet), 15px (Phone)
• Right Padding: 50px (Desktop & Tablet), 15px (Phone)

5. Dedicate New Row to Menu Bar

Once you’ve completed the row that’s dedicated to the global header, you can add another row right below it using the following column structure:

Row Settings

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and change the sizing settings in the design tab.

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Add Menu Module to Column

Select Menu

Then, add a Menu Module to the column and select the menu you’ve created in the first part of this tutorial.

Layout

Move on to the design tab and change the layout settings as follows:

• Style: Centered
• Dropdown Menu Direction: Downwards

Links

Modify the active link color in the design tab too.

• Active Link Color: #ffae25

Dropdown Menu

Do the same for the dropdown menu line color in the dropdown menu settings.

• Dropdown Menu Line Color: #ffae25

Icons

Modify the hamburger menu icon color next.

• Hamburger Menu Icon Color: #ffae25

Menu Text

Along with the menu text settings.

• Menu Font: Prata
• Menu Text Color: #000000

6. Make Header & Menu Bar Stick to Top

Open Section Settings

Once you’ve completed the second row, the only thing left to do is make the section stick to the top of our pages and posts. To do that, we’ll open the section settings again.

Add Custom CSS to Main Element

Then, we’ll go to the advanced tab and we’ll add a few lines of CSS code to the section’s main element.

position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;

7. Save Global Header & Theme Builder Options

Once you’ve completed the entire global header design, make sure you save the design before exiting the template layout. Once you’re outside of the template layout, save the changes of your entire theme builder and you’re done!

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this post, we’ve shown you how to create a custom global header with Divi’s new Theme Builder. This tutorial goes to show how easy it is to create beautiful headers and apply them to your entire website or specific custom post types. We hope this tutorial inspires you to get started with the Theme Builder right away! If you have any question or suggestions, make sure you leave a comment in the comment section below.

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