New UT Branding Bar Plugin

The UBS stewardship team is happy to announce a new plugin called: UT Branding Bar. This plugin is optimized for sites using the UT Responsive Theme.

Activating this plugin will place the University Brand Bar bar across the top of your site.

The University Brand Bar provides visitors to UT websites with a quick identifier of the UT brand and a consistently implemented route back to the UT Austin homepage. – UT Brand Guidelines

Here is what it looks like –

That’s GREAT – but can I hide the existing UT Branding logo built into the theme header?

YES! Simply add custom CSS code following these steps:

Go to Appearance > Customize
Click the “CSS Styles” tab in the left-hand menu
Paste this CSS code into the box “Custom CSS Styles”

#UTbranding {

padding-top: 40px;

-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px #707070;

-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px #707070;

box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px #707070;

background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;

height: 50px;

width: 100%;

display: none;

}

4. Click Save & Publish

5. Now your site will look like this –

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

If you activate this plugin and would like to remove the Black bar at the top of your site, do this:

Go to Plugins
Search for or find: MU Admin Bar
Click Deactivate

We have added a Log In link in the footer of the UT Responsive Theme that will allow users to log in to their sites.

Please Note:

This plugin was developed for the UT Responsive Themes. It is recommend that site administrators use the UT Branding plugin with the UT Responsive theme. Your results may vary if using a different theme.