How to create a custom site header or footer

**This article applies only to our themes Stratus, Entrepreneur, and Bellevue. If you are using a different theme of ours, please see this article instead. Otherwise, continue reading.

Start with an empty site header / footer

Go to Dashboard / Stratus / Global Templates
Click 'Add New'
Give it a Title
Choose 'Header' (or Footer) from the 'Type of Template' dropdown
Choose 'Entire Website' or 'Specific Pages' from the 'Display On' dropdown
Click 'Save Draft' or continue to 'Edit With Elementor' if you are ready to build.

Build your site header / footer from a template

Using the Visual Library

Import header / footer templates of your choice from the Visual Library
If your theme does not yet support the Visual Library then use the Direct download method.

Direct download

Download the templates manually and unzip to your computer.
You should see a header.json and footer.json when extracted.

Import the .json files into Dashboard / Templates / Save Templates

Insert the header or footer template in your new site header.

Go back to Dashboard / Stratus / Global Templates
Find your drafted site Header (or Footer) and click 'Edit with Elementor' or click 'Edit' then click the 'Edit with Elementor' button.
Click the Folder Icon button ('Add Template'), this will open the Library modal window.
Click the 'My Templates' tab and hover over the Header / Footer Template of your choice, click 'Insert'.
Build to suit and 'Save Draft' or 'Publish' when ready.

Settings and widgets

The site header / footer are designed and built with Elementor ('Edit with Elementor') but some settings are managed under the main edit screen ('Edit').

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