Divi – How to add a small design element to the header

The Preview

Since you’re already ON this website.. look up at the upper left corner of the header. Yeah

Right there.

Then someone asked me how I did it. So here’s the tutorial on that.

The Video

The Code

#main-header {
	overflow: hidden;
	position: relative;
}
#main-header:before {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	top: -76px; /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	left: -106px;  /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	width: 260px;  /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	height: 145px;  /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	background: #d00;  /* Play around with the color to get what you want */
	transform: rotate(-45deg);  /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	transition: .3s all ease-in-out;
}
/* This is for the header on scroll */
#main-header.et-fixed-header:before {
	top: -76px; /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	left: -106px; /* Play around with the value to get what you want */
	transition: .3s all ease-in-out;
}

• Add it to your custom CSS file in your child theme (Get a free basic child theme here) or..
• Add it to the Custom CSS field in Divi > Theme Options > General or..
• Add it to the Custom CSS field in Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS or...
• You could use a plugin like this one so you can keep the customizations separate from the theme.

(A couple more ways, but I guess this is informative enough? - I personally recommend the child theme option)

Pretty simple, right?

PS. If you use a gradient background, sometimes it looks blurry, and I don’t like blurry objects. So I think it’s a low-skill level method.

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