Side dashboard is a feature available in Jupiter theme when Header style 3 is selected. It provides a pop over effect, which reveals a section containing additional information that you can choose using Widgets. For more information about different header styles click here. To see a demo of this feature in action click here. Here is how to add this feature in Jupiter:
Steps to Add Side Dashboard
Go to Theme Options > Header and use the Header Chooser tool to set the main site header style to Style 3.
On the very same page scroll down to see the Secondary Menu settings section. Set the option to Side Dashboard there in the Style setting.
Go to Appearance > Widgets and find two Widget Areas which you can use to add widgets to the feature. Available Widget Areas are:
- Side Dashboard – Above Navigation
- Side Dashboard – Below Navigation
Add whatever widget that you like to first Widget Area to add them above the main navigation in side dashboard.
Add whatever widget that you like to second Widget Area to add them below the main navigation in side dashboard.
You can assign any widget that you want to these areas for different reasons, such as categories listing, meta listing and so on. There is no limitation for Widgets which you can use, but it is important to know that some 3rd party widgets may have different styling and it may not suite your website design guideline.
Go to Appearance > Menus and click on the Menu Locations tab to show the menu location chooser page. Find the Side Dashboard navigation location and assign your desired menu into that location. Then click on save button.
Now you will have the feature on your website which will be triggered by clicking the hamburger icon at the header section of the page. This feature is only available in header style 3.
